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State and Local Policy Project - Charts

Aggregate State Spending During the Recession

Matthew Mitchell | Mar 07, 2011
This chart by Mercatus Research Fellow Matthew Mitchell demonstrates that state spending has increased over the last two years.

Total State Expenditures by Funding Source

Matthew Mitchell | Jan 31, 2011
As this chart by Mercatus Research Fellow Matthew Mitchell demonstrates, over time, states have increasingly come to rely less on general fund sources and more on federal sources, dedicated sources, and borrowed sources.

States' Real Liabilities

Veronique de Rugy | Jan 18, 2011
This week, Veronique de Rugy examines the condition of states’ pension funds.

Growth in Real Per Capita Spending, All States: 1987 - 2009

Matthew Mitchell | Dec 12, 2010
This graph by Mercatus Research Fellow Matthew Mitchell shows the growth in different components of aggregate state spending since 1987.

New Jersey State Spending, 1987-2009

Matthew Mitchell | Oct 06, 2010
This chart by Mercatus Research Fellow Matthew Mitchell illustrates the degree to which New Jersey’s budget has grown over the past quarter-century.

Current Spending Cuts Insufficient to Balance Budgets in the Long Run

Matthew Mitchell | Sep 20, 2010
This chart by Mercatus Center Research Fellow Matt Mitchell illustrates the drastic contrast between states’ needed budget cuts and the cuts that they have been willing to make thus far.
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Aggregate State Spending During the Recession

Matthew Mitchell | Mar 07, 2011
This chart by Mercatus Research Fellow Matthew Mitchell demonstrates that state spending has increased over the last two years.
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Emily Washington

Policy Research Manager
Emily Washington is a Policy Research Manager for the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. She manages the Spending and Budget Initiative and State and Local Policy Project portfolios.

Maurice P. McTigue

Vice President for Outreach
Distinguished Visiting Scholar
Maurice McTigue is vice president for outreach at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. He is director of the Mercatus Center's Government Accountability Project and a member of its Spending and Budget Initiative and State and Local Policy Project.

Eileen Norcross

Senior Research Fellow
Eileen Norcross is a senior research fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. Her primary research interests include fiscal federalism and institutions, state and local governments, and economic development.

Matthew Mitchell

Senior Research Fellow
Adjunct Professor of Economics, George Mason University
Matthew Mitchell is a senior research fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University and the lead scholar on the Project for the Study of American Capitalism. His primary research interests include economic freedom and economic growth, public choice economics, and the economics of government-granted privileges to businesses.

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Optional Medicaid Expansion: Considerations Facing the States

Charles Blahous | May 14, 2013
Across the country, state governments have been considering whether to expand Medicaid coverage as envisioned by the Affordable Care Act (ACA or "Obamacare"). To help break down what's at stake, a new video—based on a recent study by Mercatus Center scholar Charles Blahous—reviews the key factors states must consider in this complex decision.
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Eileen Norcross Discusses Film Subsidies on KTCN

Eileen Norcross | May 02, 2013
Eileen Norcross explains why film subsidies are a losing situation for state budgets.
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