Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Date
2025
DOI
10.25776/y32s-6g23
Publication Title
2025 State of the Commonwealth Report
Pages
108-143
Abstract
This chapter focuses on the distribution of intergovernmental finances in Virginia. Specifically, it analyzes the distribution of state-level public resources in the Commonwealth of Virginia that takes place as a result of state-to-local intergovernmental transfers. The analysis suggests that, as a result of the manner in which state revenues are collected and allocated back to localities, some Virginians contribute significantly more to the Commonwealth budget in taxes than they receive back in local benefits, while other state residents receive more in benefits than they pay in taxes.
Repository Citation
Dragas Center for Economic Analysis and Policy, Old Dominion University, "Part 4: Is It Better to Give Than Receive? Exploring the Distributional Dimension of Virginia's Budget" (2025). State of the Commonwealth Reports. 90.
https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/soc_reports/90