Why local governments do not maximize profits: on the value added by the representative institutions of town and city governance

Roger Congleton

Public Choice, 2011, vol. 149, issue 1, 187-207

Keywords: State and local governance; King and council model; Tax constitution; Productive theories of the state; Constitutional political economy; Colonial American history (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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