Federal Aid: The Forgotten Variable in State Policy Research

Strouse, James C.; Jones, Philippe

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“…In general, the variables AGG and ASG contribute significantly to the explanatory power of the model. Thus, the evidence supports Strousse and Jones's (1974) argument that output studies which omit grants are likely to underestimate the constraints on local political choice. Not only are AGG and ASG significant, but their effects are also significantly different.…”

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“…Much less attention has been devoted to the potential influence of external political forces, such as central government policies (Stonecash 1977). Considerable time has elapsed since central grants were declared the 'forgotten variable' in output studies (Strousse and Jones 1974), but the omission has generally persisted. Further, when grants have been included as an explanatory variable their impact on policies has been poorly conceptualized and measured.…”

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Central Grants and Local Policy Variation

Boyne

1990

Public Administration

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This paper estimates the impact of central grants on local spending decisions in England in the 19%. The analysis is based on a more explicit conceptual framework and a more appropriate methodology than conventionally used to measure grant effects in ‘output’ studies' of local policy variation. A set of six hypotheses is derived from political and economic theories of grant impact. The relationship between grants and expenditure change is estimated through a TSLS (Two Stage Least Squares) regression model. The main empirical results are that grants are an important constraint on spending decisions and that different types of grants have different effects: lump sum grants are substitutive and matching grants are stimulative. The evidence also indicates that spending is influenced by party politics, service needs and the local tax base.

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Boyne

1990

Public Administration

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“…Racial integration is not a salient issue in education in Israel-whereas in the United States it is often an obstacle to increased federal aid to education (Strouse and Jones, 1974).…”

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Urban Political Integration in Israel

Torgovnik¹

1976

Urban Affairs Quarterly

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Research in the United States has shown that knowledge of the public's attitude towards the political integration of local communities is a useful policy-making resource. Yet referenda on forming metropolitan area governments have often been submitted without fully taking into account this politically significant factor.Confronted by this situation, American urban research has explored the factors involved in public resistance to political integration. This scholarly concern has borne propositions (Hawkins, 1968(Hawkins, , 1966Booth, 1963) which have not been seriously considered outside the American setting. Utilizing American-based findings, the present paper considers the attitudes of Israeli urban communities toward political integration.Studies of voters' behavior on integration proposals usually rely on aggregate voting results as the dependent variable, and on aggregate socioeconomic data as the independent variablethat is, voter choice has often been explained on the basis of large aggregates of people (Hawkins, 1968). Considerable attention has been given to the relationship of socioeconomic life style and ecological factors to political integration. The

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Johnson¹

1976

1975 Annual Supplement

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Federal Aid: The Forgotten Variable in State Policy Research

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