Measuring non-school fiscal imbalances of New England municipalities

Katharine Bradbury and Bo Zhao

New England Public Policy Center Policy Brief, 2007, issue Jul

Abstract: Local jurisdictions differ in the per capita costs that they must incur to provide a standard quality and quantity of municipal services at average efficiency. These cost differences are attributable to local social and economic characteristics or circumstances that are outside the control of local government.

Keywords: Cities and towns - Massachusetts; Property tax - Massachusetts; Local finance - Massachusetts (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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