Open AccessUsage of Specialized Service Delivery: Evidence from Contiguous Counties
Author(s) -
Christopher B. Goodman
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
publius the journal of federalism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.926
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 1747-7107
pISSN - 0048-5950
DOI - 10.1093/publius/pjx065
Subject(s) - autonomy , exploit , service (business) , service delivery framework , state (computer science) , classification of discontinuities , demographic economics , business , geography , political science , economics , computer science , computer security , marketing , mathematics , mathematical analysis , algorithm , law
This study exploits exogenous policy discontinuities along state borders to estimate the influence of differences in local autonomy on the usage of special districts in U.S. counties. Using forty years of data, this analysis compares counties on either side of state borders where local autonomy differs and finds little to no evidence that negative changes in local autonomy lead to increased utilization of special districts. This study suggests that some prior literature may overstate the importance of local autonomy in local service delivery.
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