Fishback, Price Vanmeter; Horrace, William C.; Kantor, Shawn - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2001
**Revised version 2005** <p>This paper empirically examines the New Deal's impact on local economic activity, as measured by retail sales, during the 1930s. Using a recently-uncovered data set that describes over 30 federal New Deal spending, loan, and mortgage insurance programs across all U.S....</p>