Regional trends in federal government spending

Abstract

State governments, congressional delegations, and regional associations regularly examine federal expenditures to see how their state or region is faring in the distribution of federal monies. Although these groups often look at changes in the patterns of annual spending, a long-term perspective reveals how demographic trends and shifting priorities drive year-to-year changes in spending in the states. In this article, Tim Schiller takes that long-term perspective by looking at the decade from 1986 to 1996 and outlining what regional shifts in federal spending took place and whyExpenditures, Public ; Regional economics