Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1984
Publication Title
Journal of Politics
Volume
46
Pages
916-935
Abstract
Dye and Hurley's (1978) conclusion that the states are somewhat more responsive to city needs than the federal government was questioned on methodological grounds by Ward (1981). The point of contention was Dye and Hurley's use of per capita measures of state/federal aid and urban needs. The research reported here examines state aid to the forty seven largest U.S. cities, and employs residual measures of state aid allocations before and during the urban crisis. Multiple regression of residual state aid on social, economic, or fiscal need indicators shows the states to have been very responsive to city needs over time, and lends substantial support to the findings of Dye and Hurley.
Recommended Citation
Pelissero, John P., "State Aid and City Needs: An Examination of Residual State Aid to Large Cities," Journal of Politics 46 (August 1984): 916-935.
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