Regionalization and Consolidation of Municipal Taxes and Services

Joshua Hall, Joshua Matti and Yang Zhou
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Joshua Matti: West Virginia University
Yang Zhou: West Virginia University

The Review of Regional Studies, 2018, vol. 48, issue 2, 245-262

Abstract: The United States has a rich history of local government taxation and good provision. The last fifty years, however, have seen increasing calls for the regionalization of municipal taxes and services from policymakers. Arguments for greater regionalization emphasize improved efficiency, enhanced equity, mitigation of spillovers, and improved economic development. A number of localist scholars have responded to regionalists’ concerns. This review articulates regionalists’ arguments, the localists’ response, and summarizes the relevant empirical literature to see which side’s theories hold forth in the data.

Keywords: local governments; Bloomington School; regionalism; localism (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H11 H70 H71 H77 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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