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...

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...

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...