Durning, D., 40, 255n6

Dye, T. R., 66

Eberts, R. W., 42, 121

economic development, xx, 3–4, 17–18, 23, 35, 38–40, 43, 50, 52–54, 138

economies of scaleSee also scale economies, 4–6, 12–13, 18, 36, 43, 55–57, 59, 63, 68, 71–79, 81–83, 86–89, 93–95, 97–99, 101, 104, 112–113, 116–117, 119, 121–123, 125–127, 129, 131, 133, 137–142, 144–145, 256n15, 257n24, 257n26, 258n40

economies of scale (defined), 57

education, 1, 5, 7–8, 13–14, 60, 115, 118, 134–135, 140–142

efficiency, 104, 116, 118

Ehrlich, I., 257n26

elasticity, 19

equity, 17, 36

Faulk, D., 39

Fayette County, KY, 38–39, 53

Feiock, R. C., 38–39, 52, 54

Finney, M., 73

fire protection, 77, 83–85, 91–92

fiscal common pool, 42

fixed effects, 62

Fleischmann, A., 38

Foster, K. A., 39–40

fragmentation, 20, 24, 32, 29, 41–42, 50

fragmented, 18, 95

Fruchter, N., 121

functional consolidation, 14, 16, 72, 114, 143

Garrett, T. A., 256n16, 258n37

general purpose government, 23, 27, 42–45, 47–49, 92, 104, 106–112, 142–145

Georgia, 9, 15, 36, 38–39, 53, 75, 78, 87, 99, 103

G-inefficiency (defined), 64

GINI coefficient (defined), 45, 89

Gordon, N., 122

Gronberg, T. J., 42

Gyapong, A. O., 74, 257n25

Gyimah-Brempong, K., 74, 257n25

Halcoussis, D., 118

Halifax, Canada, 37, 73

Hawkins, B. W., 66

health, 7–8, 13, 98, 103–104, 106, 109–111, 113, 139, 141

health and hospitals (defined), 109

Heckart, S. R., 58

Hemmeter, J. A., 117

Hicks, M. J., 66, 76, 122, 256n17, 256n21, 256n38

Hirsch, W. Z., 259n26

Hirth, M., 122

Holcombe, R. G., 36

housing and community development, 7, 13, 97, 99–100, 103–104, 113, 139, 141

Iatarola, P., 121

Illinois, 7, 73, 75–76, 78–79, 81, 84–86, 91–92, 98, 100–102, 105–107, 109–110, 128, 134, 144

income inequality, 45, 66–67, 89, 91, 133

Indiana Chamber of Commerce, xx, 69