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- Title
THE USE OF REVENUE SHARING CONCEPTS IN DETERMINING DEVELOPMENT GOALS FOR THE STATE OF ALABAMA.
- Authors
Epley, D.R.
- Abstract
This paper summarizes a study for the State of Alabama which develops and tests seven alternative plans for the allocation of public grants among four different divisions of governments. This study suggests that the Alabama Development Office and Appalachia Regional Commission monies be combined and distributed jointly under one plan in order to optimize the allocation of development funds among governmental units relative to specific goals. The plan would not follow current policies of being project oriented but would distribute funds directly to governmental units on the basis of economic and/or sociological factors. The distributional patterns of the seven plans were tested statistically with a rank correlation coefficient and examined further under eleven criteria which may be interpreted individually or collectively as measurements of policy goals. A suggested application was included. Assuming a policy of piecing public projects in regions which appear to be growth areas, specific recommendations would include adopting a plan similar to the Nixon Administration revenue sharing proposal which distributes funds on the basis of G[sub i]/R, where G[sub i] is revenues from own sources in government i, and R is revenues from own sources by all governments similar to i. By all indicators used, this allocator channels grants into the growth regions by larger amounts than the others for the government divisions of rural counties, county school districts, and cities. Another recommendation would be to adopt an allocator for city schools which weights population inversely by per capita income if the policy is to reward existing states of past growth.
- Subjects
ALABAMA; UNITED States; GRANTS in aid (Public finance); LOCAL finance; ECONOMIC development
- Publication
Annals of Regional Science, 1974, Vol 8, Issue 1, p118
- ISSN
0570-1864
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/BF01287338