The spillover effects of state spending

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Baicker, K
• 署名单位: Dartmouth College; National Bureau of Economic Research
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF PUBLIC ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0047-2727
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2003.11.003
• 发表日期: 2005
• 页码: 529-544
• 关键词: spillover effects; state spending; population mobility

摘要

This paper estimates the extent to which state spending is influenced by the spending of neighboring states, examining several different metrics of neighborliness in order to better identify the channels for interstate spillovers. It improves on previous studies by taking advantage of exogenous shocks to state medical spending to abstract from correlated local conditions and by allowing for spatial-autocorrelation. Focusing on mandated increases in medical spending, the analysis shows that each dollar of state spending causes spending in neighboring states to increase by almost 90 cents. The most predictive measure of neighborliness is the degree of population mobility between states, suggesting that rational concerns about adverse migration may drive the interdependence of state spending policy. (C) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.