 What Determines the Allocation of National Government Grants to the States?John Joseph Wallis ()
Chapter Chapter 8 in Public Choice Analyses of American Economic History, 2018, pp 181-199 from Springer Abstract: Abstract During the New Deal the federal government initiated a policy of massive grants to states for support of social welfare and other programs. Since that time grants have come to be an integral part of the American fiscal system, and scholars have continued to debate whether the allocation of federal grants between the states is motivated primarily by political or social and economic objectives. This paper shows that, during the 1930s, both political and economic effects were important determinants of grant allocation, but that the Congressional factors considered by Anderson and Tollison are not important while the Presidential factors considered by Wright are. When the analysis is extended to the years 1932–1982, however, Congressional influences do seem important. On the other hand, the dominant influence on federal grant policy over the larger sample appears to be state government expenditures, while both political and economic influences play a smaller role. Keywords: Grant Allocation; Federal Grants; House Appropriations Committee; Democratic Share; Intergovernmental Grants (search for similar items in EconPapers) There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:spr:stpchp:978-3-319-77592-0_8 Ordering information: This item can be ordered from DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-77592-0_8 Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in Studies in Public Choice from Springer |
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