Endogenous federal grants and crowd-out of state government spending: Theory and evidence from the federal highway aid program

American Economic Review

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 71-92

  Knight, Brian ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD   (United States)

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EID: 0039486305     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/000282802760015612     Document Type: Article

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