Midterm Exam

The take-home question for the mid-term exam of PPAD 513 is worth 30% of your final grade. Your answer should be approximately 3 to 4 typed pages (single space) with reasonable one-inch margins and a reasonable font size (12) in total. Please include the data sources you use for the assignments (for example, the website of the data source you cite).

Q1. Discuss the development of Federalism in the US from 1789 to the present. (20 pts)

Q2. What is the role of the Constitution in intergovernmental relations? What are some specific ways in which the Constitution directs intergovernmental relations? (20 pts)

Q3. What are the relative strengths and weaknesses of the different financial types of intergovernmental aid mechanisms for instance, formula, project, categorical, and block grants? (20 pts)

Q4. What are open- and closed-ended grants? What are their relative advantages and disadvantages? (20 pts)

Q5. On the unfunded mandates, discuss 1) internal conflicts among State and Local officials, 2) intergovernmental roots of mandates, and 3) cooperative mandating. (20 pts)