Jacobsen K, McGuire T G
Boston University, USA.
J Health Polit Policy Law. 1996 Winter;21(4):753-70.
With renewed interest in block grants as a way to channel federal funds to states, several questions arise about the effect of block grants on state spending. A central question about the block grant form of intergovernmental aid is whether states spend the funds on the intended services or use budgetary strategies to appear to be in compliance with maintenance-of-effort provisions but then reallocate block grant funds from the targeted program. We studied the effect of the Alcohol, Drug Abuse and Mental Health block grant program on state substance abuse expenditures by analyzing spending data from the fifty states between fiscal years 1987 and 1992. Our findings suggest that this block grant has stimulated state spending, but this effect may be relevant only since 1990, and differs among states.
随着人们对整笔拨款作为一种向各州输送联邦资金方式的兴趣再度高涨，关于整笔拨款对州支出的影响出现了几个问题。关于政府间援助的整笔拨款形式的一个核心问题是，各州是将资金用于预期的服务，还是使用预算策略来表面上遵守努力维持条款，然后从目标项目中重新分配整笔拨款资金。我们通过分析1987财年至1992财年期间五十个州的支出数据，研究了酒精、药物滥用和心理健康整笔拨款计划对州药物滥用支出的影响。我们的研究结果表明，这笔整笔拨款刺激了州支出，但这种影响可能仅从1990年起才相关，并且各州之间存在差异。
