Title

The Influence of Special District Government on Public Spending and Debt

Author Info

Michael L. Marlow, Florida Atlantic UniversityFollow

Recommended Citation

Postprint version. Published in Applied Economics, Volume 27, Issue 7, July 1, 1995, pages 596-573.

NOTE: At the time of publication, the author Michael L. Marlow was not yet affiliated with Cal Poly.

The definitive version is available at https://doi.org/10.1080/00036849500000045.

Abstract

Growth in special district governments is examined as a reason behind public sector expansion in the United States. A theoretical model is developed of the optimal mix of government suppliers which predicts how special district governments affect the overall provision of government policies. The hypothesis that expansion of special district governments leads to expansion of the public sector is expirically examined over two time periods.

Disciplines

Economics

Copyright

1995 Taylor & Francis.

Publisher statement

This is an electronic version of an article published in Applied Economics.