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SERVICE NEEDS AND MUNICIPAL EXPENDITURES *
Author(s) -
Lewis Carol W.
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.tb01210.x
Subject(s) - meaning (existential) , public economics , dependency (uml) , interpretation (philosophy) , affect (linguistics) , service (business) , municipal services , business , economics , public administration , political science , marketing , sociology , psychology , systems engineering , communication , computer science , engineering , psychotherapist , programming language
The difficulties involved in assessing the meaning of municipal expenditures are examined in view of the fact that dependency upon municipal services varies among and within jurisdictions. A cross‐sectional analysis of spending in the five largest cities in Connecticut illustrates how considerations of human needs can affect the interpretation of spending (although they do not alter legal obligations or the financial reality of fiscal conditions). The possibilities and limitations associated with this approach to municipal expenditures are conveyed in terms of questions of public policy.