An Examination of Preferences for Local Public Sector Outputs.
Relatively unique data on the costs of public services for local governments in Victoria, Australia, are used to estimate a system of demand equations and to test alternative specifications of the underlying preferences using a translog model. Symmetry conditions are rejected so the data are not consistent with constrained utility maximization. A nonparametric test confirms that result. Conditional on symmetry, tests reject homogeneity and the additivity of preferences and also the separability of personal and property services. Copyright 1988 by MIT Press.
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1988
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Authors: | McMillan, Melville L ; Amoako-Tuffour, Joe |
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The Review of Economics and Statistics. - MIT Press. - Vol. 70.1988, 1, p. 45-54
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