id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt 1j92g734799 Pamela Marguerite Schaal Fiscal Federalism: The Effects of Divided versus Unified Government on Federal Grant-in-Aid Spending 2009 .txt text/plain 337 10 5 During divided government, there will also be more bi-partisan deliberation and negotiation regarding substantive policy making and hence less partisanship and particularistic tendencies that are typical of unified government. It suggests that an increase in veto players through political parties will reduce the discretionary authority of the political branches, especially the Executive through the decrease in non-formulaic monies thereby facilitating more formulaic spending and hence greater genuine checks and balances between the branches. cache/1j92g734799.txt txt/1j92g734799.txt