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The American Recovery And Reinvestment Act Of 2009: An Investigation Into The Determinants Of Funds Awarded To The States, Kaitlin Bromann
The American Recovery And Reinvestment Act Of 2009: An Investigation Into The Determinants Of Funds Awarded To The States, Kaitlin Bromann
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The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 is one of the largest government responses to an economic crisis in the history of the United States. The purpose of this paper is to examine the determinants of the total funds awarded to states by federal agencies in the Recovery Act. A review of budgetary theory, distributive politics, and electoral vote maximization theory provides context of historical determinants of resource allocation by the federal government.
Then from this literature I develop a model including economic and political variables. The dependent variable in my model is the total funds awarded to the …