Aufsatz(gedruckt)#11981
REGIONAL ALLOCATION OF FEDERAL FUNDS
In: Policy analysis: publ. quarterly for the Graduate School of Public Policy, University of California, Band 7, Heft 2, S. 183-198
ISSN: 0098-2067
SEVERAL DIMENSIONS OF NEED MAY INFLUENCE AMOUNT OF FEDERAL FUNDS GOING TO THE STATE. THEREFORE ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS OF STATES SHOULD BE HELD CONSTANT WHEN COMPARING FUND ALLOCATION. EVIDENCE FOR 1978, SAYS THE AUTHOR, INDICATES THAT SNOWBELT STATES RECEIVED LESS FEDERAL FUNDS THAN SUNBELT STATES, EVEN ADJUSTING FOR DIFFERENT ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS.