Volatile States: Institutions, Policy, and the Performance of American State Economies

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Index 163 Abrams, Burton, 101 ADA vote ratings. See political ideology Aizenman, Joshua, 42, 44 Alesina, Alberto, 151n. 1 Alt, James, 100, 151n. 7 balanced budget rules, 4, 73, 99–100, 105–7, 110–17, 131, 133, 140, 149n. 4. See also Ascal institutions and rules Barro, Robert J., 27, 28, 29, 74, 145n. 5 Benson, Bruce, 147n. 11, 148n. 1 Bernanke, Ben S., 42 Berry, William D., 152n. 3 Besci, Zsolt, 57, 62, 64, 65, 66, 70, 146n. 6, 147n. 11, 148nn. 1, 3, 12, 149n. 4 Besley, Timothy, 71, 115 biennial budgeting. See budget cycles Black, Fischer, 43 block grants, multiyear, 140 Bohn, Henning, 99, 151n. 7 Brealey, Richard A., 145n.1 Buchanan, James M., 145n. 7 budgetary planning, efAciency in, 96–98, 140–41 budgetary process, 3, 4, 64–65, 97, 99, 102, 140. See also Ascal institutions and rules budget cycles, 4, 102–3, 105–7, 109, 112–14, 116, 131, 133, 140, 151n. 5. See also Ascal institutions and rules budgets, state convergence in expenditures, 85, 88–91, 95, 123–27 determinants of, 85, 88, 95, 96, 103–13, 116–18, 152n. 7 major spending components of, 102–3, 119–27, 128–37, 152n. 1 size and growth of expenditures, 82–95, 96, 140, 150n. 2 uncertainty in (see budgets, state, volatility in) volatility in, 4, 96, 99, 103–9, 111–12, 113–18, 127, 130–33, 138, 141, 151n. 2 budgets, U.S., 82–85, 95, 102, 140 Canjels, Eugene, 143n. 5 Canto, V., 147n. 11, 148n. 1 Carter, John, 100 Case, Anne, 115 Caselli, Francesco, 144–45n. 4 Chin, Y. D., 147n. 11, 148n. 1, 149n. 4 Coleman, Wilbur John, 144–45n. 4 COPE vote ratings. See political ideology Crain, Nicole V., 152n. 7 Crain, W. Mark, 101, 102, 145n. 4, 148n. 1, 151nn. 6, 7 Dawson, John W., 44, 145n. 2 Dewey, Davis R., 146n. 1 Dougan, William, 101 Dye, Thomas, 147n. 11, 148n. 1 Easterly, William, 29, 143n. 5 economic performance, state comparisons of growth rates, 10–17 comparisons of living standards, 16, 18–24 convergence and divergence in, 3, 25–29, 64, 138, 144n. 1, 144–45n. 4, 145n. 5 determinants of, 43–49, 57, 64–72, 139, 145n. 4, 146n. 8, 148n. 1 effect on state expenditures, 103–5, 111, 117 effect on state revenues and taxes, 112–16 interaction with tax and expenditure limitations, 111–13, 115, 117 measures of, 10–23, 32–42, 47, 48, 82, 85, 143n. 1 unemployment rates, 103–5, 128, 152n. 7 volatility in, 3, 24, 31–49, 138, 141, 146nn. 7–9 education levels, impact on economic performance, 33, 34, 46, 48, 49. See also budgets, state, determinants of education spending by state governments , 119–28, 130–34, 136–37, 150n. 1 Eichengreen, Barry J., 101, 111 Elder, Harold, 101 electronic commerce, 140 excess burden of taxation, 74 expenditures, state government. See budgets, state Ascal institutions and rules, 4, 96, 99–103, 105–18, 130–31, 140–41, 149n. 3 Ascal policy, 30, 73, 96, 100, 118, 138, 149. See also Ascal institutions and rules Fording, Richard C., 152n. 3 Garrett, Elizabeth, 151n. 4 Genetski, R. J., 147n. 11, 148n. 1, 149n. 4 Gilligan, Thomas, 117, 151n. 7 Gold, Steven D., 149n. 1 Goss, E. P., 148n. 1 Grier, Kevin, 32, 43 Hall, Robert, 145n. 2 Hanson, Russell L., 152n. 3 Helms, L. Jay, 147n. 11, 148nn. 1, 3 highway spending by state governments , 119–28, 130–34, 136–37 Holcombe, Randall G., 149n. 1 Holtz-Eakin, Douglas, 100 ideology. See political ideology increasing returns, 29, 30 Inman, Robert, 99, 151n. 7 item veto, 4, 100–101, 105–7, 111, 113–16, 131, 133, 140, 151n. 4. See also Ascal institutions and rules Johnson, Ronald N., 147n. 11, 148n. 1 Jones, Charles, 145n. 2 Kearns, Paula, 102–3, 112 Knight, Brian, 102 Koester, Reinhard B., 57, 58, 64, 146n. 6, 147n. 11, 148nn. 1, 3 Kormendi, Roger, 32, 43, 44, 57, 58, 64, 146n. 6, 147n. 11, 148nn. 1, 3 Krause, George A., 151n. 2 Krehbeil, Keith, 117 Krooss, Herman E., 146n. 1 Krugman, Paul, 29 Kydland, Finn E., 74 164 Index Lambros, Louis, 43 lame ducks, 114–15, 152nn. 8, 11 Landes, William, 151n. 6 Lee, Katherine J., 145n. 4, 148n. 1 Levinson, Arik, 145n. 5, 149n. 4 Lowry, Robert C., 100, 151n. 7 Lucas, Robert E., 74 Mankiw, Gregory, 144n. 2 Marion, Nancy, 42, 44 Matsusaka, John G...