Table A.18:

Characterizing States’ Potentially Mitigating Policies

State	State transfer generosity		State higher educ. funding		State transfer progressivity
	More vs. less generous	Residual	More vs. less generous	Residual	More vs. less progressive	Slope
	(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)
AL	Less	0.023	Less	−0.289	Less	−0.645
AZ	Less	−0.398	More	0.201	More	−1.470
AR	More	0.142	More	0.037	More	−1.197
CA	More	0.349	More	0.051	More	−0.902
CO	Less	0.008	More	0.141	Less	−0.713
CT	Less	−0.030	Less	−0.005	Less	0.148
DE	Less	−0.183	More	0.036	Less	0.633
DC	More	0.159	Less	−0.000	Less	−0.824
FL	Less	−0.741	More	0.096	Less	−0.563
GA	More	0.126	More	0.160	More	−1.071
ID	Less	−0.012	More	0.130	Less	0.984
IL	Less	−0.063	More	0.292	More	−1.287
IN	Less	−0.522	More	0.111	More	−1.334
IA	Less	−0.046	More	0.178	Less	−0.308
KS	More	0.108	Less	−0.027	Less	0.002
KY	More	0.395	More	0.146	More	−1.339
LA	More	0.364	Less	0.020	More	−1.073
ME	Less	−0.144	Less	−0.028	More	−1.627
MD	More	0.033	Less	−0.118	More	−0.838
MA	More	0.046	Less	−0.388	More	−1.849
MI	More	0.226	More	0.126	Less	−0.647
MN	More	0.292	More	0.027	Less	−0.531
MS	More	0.185	More	0.051	Less	−0.673
MO	More	0.118	Less	−0.060	More	−1.233
MT	Less	−0.069	Less	−0.081	Less	−0.650
NE	Less	−0.189	Less	−0.067	Less	−0.630
NV	Less	0.031	Less	−0.157	Less	−0.608
NH	Less	−0.476	Less	−0.675	More	−1.082
NJ	Less	−0.154	Less	−0.382	More	−0.981
NM	Less	−0.080	Less	−0.057	More	−1.514
NY	More	0.119	More	0.393	Less	0.034
NC	Less	−0.375	More	0.182	More	−0.957
ND	More	0.134	Less	−0.164	Less	−0.790
OH	Less	−0.186	Less	−0.227	More	−0.969
OK	More	0.260	Less	−0.195	More	−1.693
OR	More	0.050	More	0.243	Less	−0.705
PA	More	0.205	Less	−0.060	More	−1.482
RI	More	0.384	More	0.069	More	−1.039
SC	Less	−0.225	Less	−0.095	More	−1.332
SD	Less	−0.247	Less	−0.247	Less	−0.711
TN	Less	−0.147	Less	−0.086	More	−1.000
TX	Less	−0.353	Less	−0.105	More	−1.347
UT	More	0.094	More	0.088	Less	−0.739
VT	More	0.294	More	0.110	Less	−0.560
VA	Less	−0.508	Less	−0.146	Less	−0.488
WA	More	0.542	More	0.321	Less	−0.216
WV	More	0.304	More	0.283	More	−1.131
WI	More	0.234	More	0.154	More	−1.326
WY	Less	−0.077	Less	0.011	Less	−0.098

Notes: See notes to Table 5 for details. The mean (median) of column 2 is 0 (0.031). The mean (median) of column 4 is 0 (0.020). The mean (median) of column 6 is −0.824 (−0.838).

Sources: BEA Regional Economic Accounts, Census County Business Patterns, Census County Data Book