Annexation Impact On Municipal Efficiency

Gaines H. Liner
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Gaines H. Liner: UNC Charlotte

The Review of Regional Studies, 1992, vol. 22, issue 1, 75-87

Abstract: In recent decades, annexation has been the major form of city growth in all parts of the United States except the Northeast. Several studies in the literature suggest that high annexation activity leads to bureau inefficiency. Using 1960s data in a national sample of 403 cities, this study found annexation activity to be inversely correlated with the growth rates of two major indicators of municipal bureau inefficiency. The annexation of people was found to be inversely correlated with rates of growth of per capita municipal employment and per capita fire and police expenditures. Total expenditures per capita were not found to be statistically related to changes in annexation activity. These results indicate that annexation activity per se does not lead to bureau inefficiency in cities.

Date: 1992
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