During the course of 2002-03 the Bank's Operations Evaluation Department (OED) held a series of major events, including seminars and workshops, leading up to the thirtieth anniversary of the founding of OED by Robert McNamara on July 1, 1973. This volume captures the history of OED as related by...

This article analyzes the determinants of voter behavior on three tax limitation referenda on the ballot in Michigan in 1978. A framework based on the demand for and supply of state and local government output is used in analyzing county level cross-sectional data. Many significant relationships...