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SUBURBAN MUNICIPAL EXPENDITURES: THE EFFECTS OF BUSINESS ACTIVITY, FUNCTIONAL RESPONSIBILITY AND REGIONAL CONTEXT *
Author(s) -
Logan John R.,
Schneider Mark
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.tb01212.x
Subject(s) - variety (cybernetics) , context (archaeology) , public economics , local government , position (finance) , government (linguistics) , stratification (seeds) , regional science , business , political science , economics , geography , public administration , computer science , finance , biology , seed dormancy , linguistics , philosophy , germination , botany , archaeology , artificial intelligence , dormancy
A wide variety of models exist seeking to explain variation in the level of suburban government activity. Alternative models stress concepts of local stratification and discrimination, the structure of local decision‐making, ecological position, and public choice, each of which suggests varying hypotheses about which suburbs spend more and which less. In this paper we summarize and evaluate the relative strength of each of these alternative models, and propose major directions for future research.