panel model, 52

parks and recreation, 7–8, 13, 97, 100, 102, 113, 139

Philips, L., 257n26

police, 6–8, 12–13, 25, 65, 72–83, 86–88, 90–95, 113, 138–139, 142, 144, 257n24–27, 257n29

Popp, D. O., 257n26

probit model, 23

property tax, xvii, 2, 6, 36, 59–62, 66, 129, 256n16

public choice, 50

public welfare, 7–8, 13, 104–105, 107

quality, 1, 3, 17–22, 24–25, 29, 33, 37, 40, 54, 57, 70, 73, 93, 136, 138–139, 145–146, 258n31

Reese, L. A., 17, 36, 40

referenda, 15, 17, 21–22, 25, 28, 32, 43, 46, 138

referendum, xix, 2–3, 15–16, 18–24, 26–27, 29–33, 44–46, 50–51, 255n8

Ritter, G. W., 120

Rosenbaum, W. A., 22

Rosentraub, M. S., 40

Rudnicki, E., 121

Rusalkina, V., 122

Sachs, C. E., 25

Sanders, J., 73

scale economies, 2, 4–7, 13–14, 36, 55–58, 60, 62–63, 67–68, 71, 74–76, 80, 82–83, 87–88, 94, 97–98, 101, 113, 115–117, 119, 122–127, 129–133, 129–133

scale economies (continued)

See also economies of scale, 135–136, 139–143, 255n14, 256n15–16, 258n37, 258n40

Schansberg, E. D., xix, 39, 255n9

Schmandt, H., 43

Schneider, M., 42

school districts, 1–2, 14, 16, 18, 42, 122–123, 129–136, 140, 143–144

Schwartz, E. K., 121

Scoville, O. J., 58

Sebold, F. D., 257n26

Selden, S. C., 36

service duplication, 18

sewerage, 7–8, 13, 97–100, 103–106, 111–113, 139, 141–144

simulation model, 11, 62, 67

Sjoquist, D. L., 256n16, 258n37

Smith, J. B., 119–120

solid waste, 7–8, 13, 98, 100, 102–106, 112–114, 139

Sonenblum, S., 257n26

South, 4–5, 12–13, 75, 77–78, 87–89, 93, 98–99, 103–104, 111–114

Southwest, 4–5, 7, 11–13, 75, 77–78, 87–90, 93, 98–99, 103–104, 111–114, 140–142

spatial, 37

spillover effects, 20, 23

Staley, S. R., xix

Stephens, G. R., 43

Stiefel, L., 121–122

Stone, J. A., 121

structural consolidation, 16

Sullivan, D. H., 18

Svorny, S., 118