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A Pandemonium of Confusions: Kay and Marsh on Tiebout
, 2008 In a recent issue of this journal Adrian Kay and Alex Marsh consider the literature on Charles Tiebout's model as an example of the 'public choice research programme'.
Dowding, Keith
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The Causal Relationship Between Jurisdiction Size and Institutional Quality
Journal of Regional Science, Volume 66, Issue 2, Page 685-702, March 2026.ABSTRACT While the relationship between jurisdiction size and economic and electoral outcomes has been extensively studied, its causal impact on institutional capacity and quality remains unexplored. Leveraging the mergers of 197 Italian municipalities, we investigate changes in administrative quality using the Municipal Administration Quality Index ...
Augusto Cerqua +2 more
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How Can Digital Platforms Resolve Market Failures to Foster a Circular Economy?
Business Strategy and the Environment, Volume 35, Issue 1, Page 737-758, January 2026.ABSTRACT Market failures—such as asymmetric information, incomplete markets, externalities, and market power—present major barriers to a circular economy (CE) transition. Although government intervention is traditionally proposed, this paper examines the potential of digital platforms, particularly software‐as‐a‐service (SaaS) business‐to‐business (B2B)
Ässia Boukhatmi, Wim Van Opstal
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How budget trade‐offs undermine electoral incentives to build public housing
American Journal of Political Science, Volume 70, Issue 1, Page 202-220, January 2026.Abstract Housing shortages and rising rents have increased demands for affordable housing. In this paper, we examine whether electoral constraints can undermine local politicians' incentives to build public housing. Empirically, we draw on the full‐count census of all housing built in Germany, data on 19,685 local elections between 1989 and 2011, and ...
Hanno Hilbig, Andreas Wiedemann
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Public Administration Review, Volume 86, Issue 1, Page 184-198, January/February 2026.ABSTRACT In 2009, the US federal government created the Build America Bond (BAB) program to improve access to the capital markets for state and local governments. While the federal government typically subsidizes subnational capital financing indirectly through tax exemption, the BAB program provided direct cash subsidies to governments.
Martin J. Luby +2 more
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Capitalization of state tax rates in housing values at state borders, 2000–2017
Real Estate Economics, Volume 53, Issue 6, Page 1178-1199, November 2025.Abstract We derive a model that demonstrates the interrelationship between housing prices, tax rates, government services, and naturally occurring amenities between adjacent markets. The model is tested against county‐level data at state borders using US Census housing price data from 2000 to 2017.
Yulong Chen, Liyuan Ma, Peter F. Orazem
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Reducing horizontal neglect in local government: The role of informal institutions
Public Administration Review, Volume 85, Issue 6, Page 1788-1803, November/December 2025.Abstract The problem of “horizontal neglect” is fundamental to decentralization. However, while individual local authorities may lack incentives to consider the benefits and costs that their actions have on others, they are not always indifferent to these spillover effects. The study focuses on a clear case of horizontal neglect, namely the tendency of
Jostein Askim +2 more
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Sustainable Development, Volume 33, Issue 5, Page 7336-7362, October 2025.ABSTRACT Despite fiscal reforms aimed at achieving Sustainable Development Goal Target 17.1—strengthening domestic resource mobilization for development—the impact of fiscal autonomy on local economic development (LED) in South Africa remains underexplored. Therefore, this study examines the impact of fiscal autonomy across 248 municipalities from 2009
Nara Monkam, Charles Shaaba Saba
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Tiebout Sorting and Neighborhood Stratification [PDF]
Tiebout’s classic 1956 paper has strong implications regarding stratification across and within jurisdictions, predicting in the simplest instance a hierarchy of internally homogeneous communities ordered by income.
Patrick Bayer, Robert McMillan
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