government employees and contracting out to private suppliers, also known as privatization. We examine empirically how United … laws restricting county spending encourage privatization, whereas strong public unions discourage it. The evidence is … by political patronage and taxpayer resistance to government spending in the privatization decision …

government employees and contracting out to private suppliers, also known as privatization. We examine empirically how United … laws restricting county spending encourage privatization, whereas strong public unions discourage it. The evidence is … by political patronage and taxpayer resistance to government spending in the privatization decision …

government employees and contracting out to private suppliers, also known as privatization. We examine empirically how U … restricting county spending encourage privatization, whereas strong public unions discourage it. This points to the important … roles played by political patronage and taxpayer resistance to government spending in the privatization decision …