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The Decision to Grant
Author(s) -
Kasdin Stuart
Publication year - 2016
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/pbaf.12081
Subject(s) - state (computer science) , control (management) , computer science , program design language , business , operations research , engineering , artificial intelligence , software engineering , algorithm
Why does Congress design some programs as grants to states, thereby relinquishing some control over how federal money gets spent, while designing other programs to be administered centrally? We evaluate this question empirically, finding that one reason Congress chooses a grant design for new programs is when the complexity of state and local spending in a sector is high. When the existing network of programs in a sector is large, with numerous programs potentially overlapping using a grant design for new programs has the potential to enhance the coordination and integration of program resources.