Districting and Government Overspending /
The common-pool problem is a central issue in the relationship between the political structure of jurisdictions and the size of public spending. Models predict that, other things being equal, greater political districting of a jurisdiction raises the scale of government. This paper presents new evid...
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| Format: | Revista |
| Idioma: | English |
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Washington, D.C. :
International Monetary Fund,
2001.
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| Col·lecció: | IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ;
No. 2001/096 |
| Accés en línia: | Full text available on IMF |
| Sumari: | The common-pool problem is a central issue in the relationship between the political structure of jurisdictions and the size of public spending. Models predict that, other things being equal, greater political districting of a jurisdiction raises the scale of government. This paper presents new evidence on this and related predictions from a cross-section of city governments in the United States. The main finding is that one additional legislator is associated, on average, with 3 percent larger expenditures per capita. Evidence also suggests that forms of government with strong executives, particularly those with veto powers, break the link between districting and government size. |
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| Descripció física: | 1 online resource (48 pages) |
| Format: | Mode of access: Internet |
| ISSN: | 1018-5941 |
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