AN OVERVIEW OF FACTORS AFFECTING THE SIZE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Michael A. Trueblood and Beth Walter Honadle

No 13688, Staff Papers from University of Minnesota, Department of Applied Economics

Abstract: This paper reviews many factors affecting the size of local government. These factors include: current demographic trends and changes in alternative service delivery arrangements, theoretical schools of thought, evidence on economies of size, whether current local governments are managed efficiently, and legal and political factors.

Keywords: Public; Economics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 35
Date: 1994
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.13688

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