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Political Spending in the United States: Analyses of Political Influences on the Allocation of Federal Money to Local Environments

R J JohnstonView all authors and affiliations

Volume 10, Issue 6

https://doi.org/10.1068/a100691

Abstract

Where the American Federal Government spends its budget is an important influence on interstate variations in social well-being. This spending is not entirely directed at matching needs, however. Instead, allocations to states are influenced by a number of political variables, the operation of which is described and tested for here.

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