Residential choice and the supply of local public goods

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The supply of local public goods in a city is studied by modeling an agglomeration consisting of a central business district and residential area and several surrounding suburban communities which are purely residential as a locational equilibrium. The residents of the suburban communities must commute to the central city for employment and thus support transportation costs. The analysis focuses on population size, public spending, and the level of public good as a function of the distance to the central city. The residential pattern created by the model assumes population size decreases with distance and pubic goods level increases or decreases with distances. When analyzing per capita public spending, research results reveal a residential pattern with income segregation. Additionally, research results indicate that the public good level is apparently utility-maximizing in relation to population size.

Research, Expenditures, Public, Public expenditures, Urban economics

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State government cash and in-kind benefits: intergovernmental fiscal transfers and cross-program substitution

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A study examines the ability of state governments in providing healthcare benefits to the poor. The impact of federal restrictions on inter-governmental fiscal transfers on the health expenditure of state governments is discussed.

United States, Government domestic functions, Public Administration, State & Local Government, State Government, Health aspects, Analysis, Poor, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, Health policy

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