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| Begashaw, Getachew W.. |
| Local governments provide more or less similar and comparable public services like police protection, fire control, roads, water and sewer, parks and recreation, public improvements, planning and zoning, and general administrative services to the residents in their jurisdictions. Yet, there are significant variations in the per capita expenditures of public service expenditures of comparable communities. What are the factors that explain these variations? This study attempts to answer the above questions using an extensive panel data of forty-six fast growing local governments in the State of Michigan. The explanatory variables considered in the study are population size, population growth rate, population density, type of government structure, per capita... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Public Economics. |
| Ano: 2002 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19685 |
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| Moser, Colletta H.; Begashaw, Getachew W.. |
| This paper is a part of a series of reports of the activities conducted under a grant from the Fund for Rural America, U.S. Department of Agriculture. Funds for the three year grant entitled "Enhancing Rural Economies Through Comprehensive Extension, Research & Partnering Approaches Using Multi-County Clusters in Michigan With Application to National Rural Settings" were received by Michigan State University's Department of Agricultural Economics in March, 1998. The major goal of the grant is to increase economic development activity in four clusters of rural counties in Michigan through the utilization of the resources of the Michigan State University Extension Service, Michigan Agricultural Experiment Station, and other resources of Michigan State... |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Labor and Human Capital. |
| Ano: 2000 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/11727 |
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