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U.S. State Government Capacity and Federal Grant

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This study examined transportation grants provided to states under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). Some states acquired more grants and utilized them in a timelier manner than others. This study examined why this is the case, utilizing the concept of Government Capacity and related data. Human resource and financial resource capacities were viewed as the principal drivers of success and studying this managerially controllable variables underpin the analysis. There are two research questions, aligned with the two stages: (1) what factors affect state governments in the acquisition of competitive grants? (2) what factors affect state governments in the implementation of competitive and formula grants? Government Capacity consists of four components, namely human resources, financial resources, general management, and experience. Overall, the regression test results showed that three dimensions of government capacity played a significant role to varying extents with respect to ARRA: human resource, financial resource, and experience. The study concluded that specific aspects of Government Capacity were thus relevant predictors of the acquisition and the implementation of ARRA grants

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This study examined transportation grants provided to states under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). Some states acquired more grants and utilized them in a timelier manner than others. This study examined why this is the case, utilizing the concept of Government Capacity and related data. Human resource and financial resource capacities were viewed as the principal drivers of success and studying this managerially controllable variables underpin the analysis. There are two research questions, aligned with the two stages: (1) what factors affect state governments in the acquisition of competitive grants? (2) what factors affect state governments in the implementation of competitive and formula grants? Government Capacity consists of four components, namely human resources, financial resources, general management, and experience. Overall, the regression test results showed that three dimensions of government capacity played a significant role to varying extents with respect to ARRA: human resource, financial resource, and experience. The study concluded that specific aspects of Government Capacity were thus relevant predictors of the acquisition and the implementation of ARRA grants

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