PUBLIC CAPITAL AND THE STATE-LEVEL VARIATION OF NEW DEAL EXPENDITURES

For more than three decades, scholars have examined the grossly unequal state- level per capita distribution of New Deal spending. Why did small population rural states such as Nevada, Montana, and Wyoming receive up to six times as many federal dollars per capita as densely populated states such as...

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Main Authors: Fred Bateman, Jason Taylor
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Economic & Business History Society 2008-06-01
Series:Essays in Economic and Business History
Online Access:http://ebhsoc.org/journal/index.php/ebhs/article/view/196