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Do Federal Funds Help Spur Rural Development?

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  • Dubin, Elliott
  • Reid, J. Norman

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Nonmetro counties, home to about a fourth of the U.S. population, received only about a fifth of Federal funds disbursed in 1985. Fair? The answer to that is moot, because there are no agreed upon equity measures. Equity aside, however, the data suggest that Federal money supports very different programs in metro areas than in nonmetro areas. Spending in nonmetro areas focuses on income redistribution (welfare and retirement), not programs that promote development.

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  • Dubin, Elliott & Reid, J. Norman, 1988. "Do Federal Funds Help Spur Rural Development?," Rural America/ Rural Development Perspectives, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, vol. 5(1), October.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:uersra:310536
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.310536
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    1. C Thompson, 1989. "Federal Expenditure-to-Revenue Ratios in the United States of America, 1971–85: An Exploration of Spatial Equity under the ‘New Federalism’," Environment and Planning C, , vol. 7(4), pages 445-470, December.

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