Local autonomy and service delivery: how does home rule shape the provision of local public services?

Xin Chen

Public Management Review, 2024, vol. 26, issue 1, 1-24

Abstract: This article investigates how granting local governments more autonomy changes their performance by exploring the effect of home rule adoption on municipality expenditure policies. This article uses a fuzzy regression discontinuity design that focuses on municipalities in Illinois. The empirical evidence shows that the adoption of home rule has significant and positive effects on allocational expenditures. While developmental expenditures decreased significantly after the adoption of home rule, redistributive expenditures changed little. These results apply in particular to municipalities that have homogeneous residents, that face a low degree of government fragmentation, or that are without a professional manager.

Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1080/14719037.2022.2039953

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