This paper analyzes the provision of local public goods with positive spillovers across jurisdictions. If spillovers are symmetric, the non-cooperative game played by jurisdictions admits a unique equilibrium, and an increase in spillovers reduces the total provision of public goods. Smaller...

This paper analyzes the effects of spillovers on the formation of jurisdictions in a local public good economy with free mobility. The number of jurisdictions is fixed and spillovers are parametrized by a matrix [αij where αij ε [0,1]. When spillovers are symmetric and close to 0 or 1 (pure...

This paper analyzes the provision of local public goods with positive spillovers across jurisdictions. If spillovers are symmetric, the noncooperative game played by jurisdictions admits a unique equilibrium, and an increase in spillovers reduces the total provision of public goods. Smaller...