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State Intergovernmental Grant Programs
2012AbstractAlthough much of the state and local literature regarding grants is focused on federal aid to state and local governments, much of the action in grants policy and practice is that of state-to-local transfers, which are larger in absolute as well as relative magnitude than federal aid.
Ronald C. Fisher, Andrew Bristle
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The political economy of intergovernmental grants
Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2003Abstract We study the effect of politics on the distribution of intergovernmental grants. We consider a model where local government officials lobby the central government who in turn distributes grants based on the local governments’ lobbying efforts.
Rainald Borck, Stephanie Owings
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Intergovernmental grants and local public finance: An empirical examination in Israel
European Journal of Political Economy, 2023R. Shani +2 more
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The Economics of Intergovernmental Grants
1999Chapters 7 and 8 demonstrated the allocative efficiency case for user-charges and local taxes. However, revenues from those two sources may be insufficient to finance an allocatively efficient level of local government expenditures. In particular, there will tend to be inadequate provision of local government outputs that spill over jurisdictional ...
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An intergovernmental perspective on federal education grants
Peabody Journal of Education, 1982Few things in this world are inevitable. The notable exceptions are death, taxes, and debates about American federalism. Although the critical task of balancing the responsibilities among the federal, state, and local governments predates the American Constitution, the essential questions of American government remain: What should be the role of ...
Mark A. Kutner, Joel D. Sherman
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The Optimal Structure of Intergovernmental Grants
Public Finance Quarterly, 1983This article examines the optimal structure of intergovernmental grants, using a model that extends the theories of optimal taxation and production to a federal system. The theoretical model assumes a two-tiered system of state and federal governments, with the federal government choosing grants to the state governments.
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Grants structure in an intergovernmental fiscal game
Economics of Governance, 2003Abstract. Systems of intergovernmental grants change over time. We explain this observation in terms of political and economic shocks in a noncooperative game between federal and provincial governments. The effects on the equilibrium grants structure arising from political disagreement, fiscal burden, increased revenue instability, and federalistic ...
Tracy Snoddon, Jean-François Wen
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A political theory of intergovernmental grants
Public Choice, 1994This paper formulates a political theory of intergovernmental grants. A model of vote-maximizing federal politicians is developed. Grants are assumed to buy the support of state voters and the ‘political capital or resources’ of state politicians and interest groups which can be used to further increase the support of state voters for the federal ...
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Intergovernmental grants in developing countries [PDF]
, 1988 A country's grant system is the product of its political environment. Such systems tend to develop over time in response to prevailing political needs and then become institutionalized. Since they have developed in a haphazard fashion over time, grant"systems"commonly are not systems at all.
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