Can There Be Size Economies in Providing Government Services?

William Fox

Rural America/ Rural Development Perspectives, 1981, vol. 04 RDP, issue 4

Abstract: The view that per capita costs of providing a public service decline as the amount of the service produced increases is currently popular. However, a review of economic studies shows that the potential for size economies varies among the services provided and among communities of the same as well as of different sizes.

Keywords: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Public Economics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1981
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.310174

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