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An institutional economist goes to city hall : a sociological study of the legislative process

Kemp, Thomas - In: Journal of economic issues : jei 43 (2009) 2, pp. 449-455

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Balancing Federalism : The Impact of Decentralizing School Accountability

Hanushek, Eric Alan; Saenz-Armstrong, Patricia; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024

Education policy, while primarily the responsibility of the state governments, involves complicated decision making at the local, state, and federal levels. The federal involvement dramatically increased with the introduction of test-based accountability under the No Child Left Behind Act of...

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Tiebout, Time, and Transition in the Structure of Local Government in U.S. Metropolitan Areas

Wassmer, Robert W.; Fisher, Ronald C. - 2000

Citizens in U.S. metropolitan areas receive goods and services provided by sub-county governments that include municipalities/townships, school districts, and special districts. Beginning with Tiebout, economists have theorized that economic factors play an important role in determining the...

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On the optimal design of disaster insurance in a federation

Goodspeed, Timothy J.; Haughwout, Andrew - 2007

Recent experience with disasters and terrorist attacks in the US indicates that state and local governments rely on the federal sector for support after disasters occur. But these same governments are responsible for investing in infrastructure designed to reduce vulnerability to natural and...

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An Economic Freedom Index for U.S. Metropolitan Areas

Stansel, Dean - 2012

This paper is the first attempt to produce an economic freedom index for local economies in the U.S. It provides a more comprehensive measure of the restrictions government places upon economic freedom compared to simple fiscal measures like total government spending or revenue. That makes it a...

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Putting Out the Trash : Measuring Municipal Service Efficiency in U.S. Cities

Nolan, James F.; Moore, Adrian T.; Segal, Geoffrey - 2003

There is a considerable literature describing the performance of municipal services that often uses imperfect or partial measures of efficiency. Data envelopment analysis (DEA) has emerged as an effective tool for measuring the relative efficiency of public service provision. This paper uses DEA...

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Immigration and provision of public goods : evidence at the local level in the U.S.

Mayda, Anna Maria; Senses, Mine Zeynep; Steingress, Walter - 2023 - Last updated: December 19, 2023

Using U.S. county-level data from 1990 to 2010, we study the causal impact of immigration on the provision of local public goods. We uncover substantial heterogeneity across immigrants with different skills, mainly due to the asymmetric impact immigrants have on the per capita tax base and local...

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The impact of local decentralization on economic growth : evidence from U.S. counties

Hammond, George W.; Tosun, Mehmet Serkan - 2009

We analyze the impact of fiscal decentralization on U.S. county population, employment, and real income growth. Our …. Our results suggest that local government decentralization matters differently for metropolitan and nonmetropolitan … counties. -- Fiscal decentralization ; metropolitan ; nonmetropolitan ; population ; employment ; income ; spatial econometrics …

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The Impact of Local Decentralization on Economic Growth : Evidence from U.S. Counties

Hammond, George W. - 2009

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Multi-level governance in rural development : analysing experiences from LEADER for a Community-Led Local Development (CLLD) ; conference paper ; [paper contribution for 54th Europ...

Pollermann, Kim; Raue, Petra; Schnaut, Gitta - 2014

In the last funding periods there was steady increase in the number of LEADER-regions in Europe, and, at least in Germany, it is already evident that this gain will continue: for the 2014-2020 funding period there around 300 LAGs expected in comparison to 244 LAGs in the last period. For the new...

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