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Was Pandemic Fiscal Relief Effective Fiscal Stimulus? Evidence from Aid to State and Local Governments
Clemens, Jeffrey; Hoxie, Philip G.; Veuger, Stan - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
We use an instrumental-variables estimator reliant on variation in congressional representation to analyze the effects of federal aid to state and local governments across all four major pieces of COVID-19 response legislation. Through September 2021, we estimate that the federal government...
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Balancing Federalism : The Impact of Decentralizing School Accountability
Hanushek, Eric Alan; Saenz-Armstrong, Patricia; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
change in policy allows estimation of the impact of altered federalism. By looking at how states reacted to their enhanced … with significantly lower student achievement growth. As a result, this readjustment of federalism to decision making by … lower levels appeared to lower national achievement. The snapshot of federalism impacts here is a lower bound on the effects …
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Do unions promote members' electoral office holding? : evidence from correlates of state legislatures' occupational shares
Sojourner, Aaron J. - 2012
Controversies over the promise and perils of union political influence have erupted around the U.S. This study develops the first evidence on the degree to which labor unions develop members' political leadership in the broader community by studying the relationship between state legislators'...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009536632
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What Drives Tax Policy? Political, Institutional and Economic Determinants of State Tax Policy
Robinson, Sarah; Tazhitdinova, Alisa - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
We collect detailed data on U.S. state personal income, corporate, sales, cigarette, gasoline, and alcohol taxes over the past 70 years to shed light on the determinants of state tax policies. We provide a comprehensive summary of how tax policy has changed over time, within and across states....
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Do small states get more federal monies? : myth and reality about the US senate malapportionment
Larcinese, Valentino; Rizzo, Leonzio; Testa, Cecilia - 2009
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008660153
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Do Small States Get More Federal Monies? Myth and Reality about the US Senate Malapportionment
Larcinese, Valentino - 2010
We analyze the relationship between senate malapportionment and the allocation of the US federal budget to the states during the period 1978-2002. A substantial literature originating from the influential paper by ?) finds that small and overrepresented states get significantly larger shares of...
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Regulatory federalism and workplace safety: evidence from OSHA enforcement, 1981 - 1995
Bradbury, John C. - In: Journal of regulatory economics 29 (2006) 2, pp. 211-224
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Strategic institutional choice : voters, states and congressional term limits
López, Edward J.; Jewell, R. Todd - In: Public choice 132 (2007) 1/2, pp. 137-157
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003499185
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State-local governmental interactions
Zimmerman, Joseph Francis - 2012
State governments and their political subdivisions -- The state-local government legal relationship -- State-local fiscal relations -- State mandated local government expenditure distortions -- State responses to local government problems -- The federal influence -- A partnership approach
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009547566
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Tax earmarking, party politics and gubernatorial veto : theory and evidence from US states
Jackson, Jeremy - In: Public choice 155 (2013) 1/2, pp. 1-18
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