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The Allocation of Federal Aid Monies: The Synthesis of Demand-Side and Supply-Side Explanations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2014

Robert M. Stein
Robert M. Stein*
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Rice University
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Abstract

Previous research on the distribution of federal aid monies has been dominated by the donor's perspective. Different distribution formulas, political influence of congressional representatives, bureaucrats, and individual aid recipients have been studied as the sole determinants of aid allocations. Each explanation, however, fails to examine the question of aid allocations from a demand-side perspective. This omission assumes that all governmental units are equally desirous of federal assistance and that any bias in the distribution of federal aid is a function of supply-side conditions. Identifying a linkage between demand-side and supply-side determinants of aid allocations, this article proposes and tests hypotheses derived from an integrated model of federal aid allocations.

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Research Article
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American Political Science Review , Volume 75 , Issue 2 , June 1981 , pp. 334 - 343
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Copyright © American Political Science Association 1981

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