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Federal Grants and Local Capital Improvements: The Impact of Reagan Budgets
Author(s) -
Rosenfele Raymond A.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
public budgeting and finance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.694
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1540-5850
pISSN - 0275-1100
DOI - 10.1111/1540-5850.00810
Subject(s) - dilemma , roller coaster , revenue , capital (architecture) , redevelopment , administration (probate law) , reagan administration , perspective (graphical) , public administration , business , economics , political science , finance , engineering , geography , politics , law , mechanical engineering , philosophy , archaeology , epistemology , artificial intelligence , computer science
Changes in intergovernmental grants for local capital improvements during the Reagan Administration are explored from a national perspective and from the experiences of two mid‐sized communities, Tulsa, Oklahoma and Toledo, Ohio. Nationally, a roller coaster pattern was identified with a strong down‐turn in the most recent data and a notable shift from redevelopment to expansion/development grants such as highway and airport construction. Locally, the first dilemma is that the change in the mix of grants available is having a greater impact on the older Toledo than the newer Tulsa because their capital needs vary. Yet as federal grants declined, both cities responded affirmatively by raising new local revenues for capital improvements. The second dilemma is that the differences in their wealth and needs make revenue enhancement more difficult for Toledo than Tulsa.