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Most cities enjoy some autonomy over how they tax their residents, and that autonomy is typically exercised by multiple … that share. We show that most cities are highly fragmented: urban areas with more than 500,000 inhabitants are divided into … 74 local jurisdictions on average. The vast majority of these cities are characterized by a central municipality that …