Infers the value of public schools from sale prices of houses in neighborhoods in which public services are delivered by overlapping jurisdictions to isolate the effects of the public school from other local government services. Discusses differences across jurisdictions in the value of local...

Explores maintenance practices in the local public sector and their relationship to state and federal grant policies. If state and federal grant policies induce local governments to substitute new investment for the maintenance of existing capital, excessive deterioration of public...