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ASSESSING THE PRODUCTS OF GOVERNMENT: WHAT GETS DISTRIBUTED? *
Author(s) -
Jones Bryan D.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
policy studies journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.773
H-Index - 69
eISSN - 1541-0072
pISSN - 0190-292X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1541-0072.1981.tb01203.x
Subject(s) - production (economics) , government (linguistics) , process (computing) , business , distribution (mathematics) , stage (stratigraphy) , service (business) , public economics , focus (optics) , economics , marketing , computer science , microeconomics , mathematics , optics , mathematical analysis , paleontology , linguistics , philosophy , physics , biology , operating system
The literature on the provision and distribution of urban public services has recently stressed the study of impacts rather than outputs. Impacts are conventionally conceived as the final stage of an orderly production process. Benefits are produced only after impacts are achieved. This paper argues, to the contrary, that costs and benefits stem from each stage of the public service production process. Consequently, a focus on the impact stage alone can be grossly misleading.