TY  - CPAPER 
AB  - This 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.
AU  - Baryeh, Afia
AU  - Kraybill, David S.
DA  - 2001
DA  - 2001
DO  - 10.22004/ag.econ.20512
DO  - doi
ID  - 20512
KW  - Community/Rural/Urban Development
L1  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/20512/files/sp01ba10.pdf
L2  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/20512/files/sp01ba10.pdf
L4  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/20512/files/sp01ba10.pdf
LA  - eng
LA  - English
LK  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/20512/files/sp01ba10.pdf
N2  - This 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.
PY  - 2001
PY  - 2001
T1  - Does Decentralized Welfare Reform Lead to a Race to the Bottom in Local Economic Development and Local Public Services?
TI  - Does Decentralized Welfare Reform Lead to a Race to the Bottom in Local Economic Development and Local Public Services?
UR  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/20512/files/sp01ba10.pdf
Y1  - 2001
T2  - Selected Paper
ER  -