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| Walls, Margaret; MacAuley, Molly K.; Anderson, Soren T.. |
| We study determinants of market organization of local public services by an empirical examination of one of the most visible municipal services, residential waste management. Using a multinomial logit model and data for 1,000 U.S. communities, we explore the effect of political influence, voter ideology, environmental constraints, production costs (i.e., "economies of density"), and contracting transaction costs on a community's choice of market arrangement for waste collection and recycling. We find that cost factors are a significant determinant of service delivery method. In contrast, few of the political variables are statistically significant. These results hold for our models of both waste and recycling, lending further evidence to the conclusion... |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Market organization; Solid waste management; State and local government; Environmental Economics and Policy; Q20; H70. |
| Ano: 2003 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10892 |
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| Yamaguchi, Chikara. |
| This paper investigates properties of the second best allocation in a federation where regional governments provide a pure public good non-cooperatively and policy makers are neither entirely benevolent nor wholly self-serving. A high degree of household mobility across regions forces the governments to raise the efficiency of the public good, however, it also helps to waste resources. It is shown that regional Leviathans not only under-provide the public good but also decrease the amount of wasteful expenditures as households become less mobile. Central government’s intervention can enhance efficiency if households are attached to particular regions. |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Pure public goods; Leviathan; Household mobility; H70; H77. |
| Ano: 2004 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43632 |
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| Seemann, Miriam. |
| This discussion paper looks at the Bolivian decentralization model. The objective of Bolivian decentralization is to consolidate the process of popular participation, and to promote regional economic development by means of a more equitable distribution of national income and improved administration of public resources. The legal framework of Bolivian decentralization is established by two principled laws; firstly, the LPP, defines decentralization on the municipal level and represents a new dimension of governmental reform, creating an important link between the state and civil society. Second, the Law of Administrative decentralization (LAD-adm) organizes the structure of the executive power in each Department so as to underpin administrative... |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Decentralization; Poverty Reduction; Bolivia; Political Economy; H70; O20; O54. |
| Ano: 2004 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26356 |
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