ENVIRONMENTAL AMENITIES AND COMMUNITY CHARACTERISTICS: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY OF PORTLAND, OREGON [PDF]
This paper examines equilibrium properties of local jurisdictions implied by the Tiebout-style model. A set of equilibrium conditions are derived from a general equilibrium model of local jurisdictions.
Cho, Seong-Hoon, Wu, JunJie
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Stable Coalition Structures with Fixed Decision Schme [PDF]
This paper studies the stability of a finite local public goods economy in horizontal differentiation, where a jurisdiction's choice of the public good is given by an exogenous decision scheme. In this paper, we characterize the class of decision schemes
Guillaume Haeringer
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WHY AND HOW SHOULD THE GOVERNMENT FINANCE PUBLIC GOODS IN RURAL AREAS? A REVIEW OF ARGUMENTS [PDF]
This paper reviews three arguments why government should not directly finance public goods provision in the countryside: (1) sorting and voting of residents leads to efficient local public goods provision, (2) community governance may better cope with ...
Petrick, Martin
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On the Theory and Practise of Fiscal Decentralization [PDF]
The traditional theory of public finance has made a strong case for a major role for fiscal decentralization. This case is based on an improved allocation of resources in the public sector. And it has four basic elements.
Wallace E. Oates
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Coalition Formation with Local Public Goods and Network Effect [PDF]
Many local public goods are provided by coalitions and some of them have network effects. Namely, people prefer to consume a public good in a coalition with more members.
Fan-chin Kung
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Demand for Local Public Schooling: Another Brick in the Wall. [PDF]
In this paper we investigate the demand for local public school expenditures in Sweden. By using survey data, a method previously never applied to Swedish data, the paper provides an additional piece of evidence on individual demand for publicly provided
Ahlin, Åsa, Johansson, Eva
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Public Housing Units vs. Housing Vouchers: Accessibility, Local Public Goods, and Welfare [PDF]
A perennial debate worldwide over housing aid policy focuses on whether the government should provide housing vouchers or subsidized public housing units.
Charles Ka Yui Leung +2 more
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A Replication and Analysis of Tiebout Competition Using an Agent-Based Computational Model
Social Science Computer Review, 2014 Replication is a critical element of the scientific process. This article is an effort to contribute to the slowly growing literature concerning the replication of agent-based computational models. We present a replication of Kollman, Miller, and Page’s model of Tiebout sorting.
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Individual preferences, government policy, and COVID-19: A game-theoretic epidemiological analysis. [PDF]
Appl Math Model, 2023 Zhou Y, Rahman MM, Khanam R, Taylor BR.
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Exploring the asymmetric effect of fiscal decentralization on economic growth and environmental quality: evidence from India. [PDF]
Environ Sci Pollut Res Int, 2023 Mishra BR, Arjun, Tiwari AK.
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