Does Decentralized Welfare Reform Lead to a Race to the Bottom in Local Economic Development and Local Public Services?

dc.creatorBaryeh, Afia
dc.creatorKraybill, David S.
dc.date2017-04-01T17:22:43Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-09T03:31:46Z
dc.descriptionThis paper tests the hypothesis that devolution of welfare programs leads to heightened intergovernmental competition and a "race to the bottom" in the provision of local public services. Data from a national survey of county governments is used to estimate an econometric model of strategic interaction by county governments.
dc.identifierdoi:10.22004/ag.econ.20512
dc.identifierhttps://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/20512/files/sp01ba10.pdf
dc.identifierhttp://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/20512
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/534324
dc.languageeng
dc.publisher
dc.sourcehttp://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/20512
dc.titleDoes Decentralized Welfare Reform Lead to a Race to the Bottom in Local Economic Development and Local Public Services?
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