Numerous studies have examined the effect of local fiscal policy on business activity. Few have emphasised local public services and fewer still have examined the effect of local fiscal policy on the composition of business activity. Using newly derived estimates of regional public...

We empirically examine the relationship between public capital and municipal employment levels and changes using a sample of 48 large US cities during the 1970-80 period. We find greater stocks of public capital are associated with a higher demand for and supply of municipal workers. Holding all...

The current system of regulating electric utilities in the U.S. provides rewards for selling more electricity. Conversely, utilities are penalized for running even the most cost-effective, energy-efficiency programs because these programs reduce sales and, thus, decrease utility earnings and...

A study of how public capital stock impacts regional economic development, which jointly models the effects of local public infrastructure on personal income and the effect of personal income on the allocation of local public outlays.

Compares city-manager administered cities and those administered by a directly elected mayor and city-council by examining relative input usage between the two. Since public investment can have a direct effect on the growth of local economies decaying infrastructure has resulted in serious...