Voting with one's feet: A brief note on the case of public welfare and the American Indian

Leonard Carlson and Richard Cebula ()

Public Choice, 1981, vol. 37, issue 2, 325 pages

Abstract: This brief Note has found that the location decisions of the American Indian are influenced by geographic AFDC differentials. In particular, the American Indian population is apparently strongly attracted to high welfare areas. This finding may be interpreted as yet further support for the Tiebout hypothesis of ‘voting with one's feet,’ with the Indian consumer-voter in this case ‘balloting’ in terms of welfare services. In addition, like the studies by Cebula (1978), Chao and Renas (1975), Glantz (1974), Greenwood and Anderson (1974), Pack (1973), and Sommers and Suits (1973), this set of results provides additional evidence that the current welfare system distorts spatial resource allocation; presumably, such distortions are avoidable under a standardized welfare system. Copyright Martinus Nijhoff Publishers 1981

Date: 1981
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