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National and regional repercussions of regional reallocations of federal expenditures and public services

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  • Nivedita Mukherji

    (Department of Economics, Oakland University, Rochester, MI 48309-4401, USA)

  • Oded Izraeli

    (Department of Economics, Oakland University, Rochester, MI 48309-4401, USA)

Abstract

This paper considers the problem of regional allocation of government funds in a two-region, two-good economy in which production of each good requires labor, capital, and a local public good. Changes in regional allocation of federal expenditures and public services are found to significantly impact the national economy in addition to the regional economies. For example, output of both regions and the national economy may decrease (or increase) as a result of such reallocation. This is because, output of a region directly depends on the fraction of federal funds spent in that region, and indirectly on output of the other region. Thus even if the proportion of government funds increases for a region, its output may actually decline if the fall in the fraction of government resources for the other region significantly decreases production there. Our results demonstrate that in addition to the amount of government expenditures and public services, an economy's capital accumulation, production, and factor returns are significantly influenced by how these government expenditures and public services are regionally allocated.

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  • Nivedita Mukherji & Oded Izraeli, 1999. "National and regional repercussions of regional reallocations of federal expenditures and public services," The Annals of Regional Science, Springer;Western Regional Science Association, vol. 33(4), pages 557-572.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:anresc:v:33:y:1999:i:4:p:557-572
    Note: Received: September 1997/Accepted: May 1998
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