Indiana Commission on Local Government Reform, xx, 256n34

Indianapolis, IN, 40, 255n2

information costs, 66, 124

intergovernmental competition, 50

Jefferson County, KY, 38–39, 53

John, P., 255n7

Kammerer, G., 22

Kansas, 3, 39, 52–53

Kaserman, D. L., 256n19

Knight, B., 122

Krause, M. A., 69

Ladd, H. F., 18

Lamdin, D. J., 121

Lee, V. E., 119–120

Leibenstein, H., 56–57, 117

Leland, S. M., 15, 17, 22, 26–27, 255n1, 255n6

Leviathan, 42, 145

Lexington-Fayette County, KY, 38–39, 53

libraries, 5, 7–8, 13, 36, 57, 115–117, 123–127, 129, 135–136, 139, 141–142, 144

Linn, J. F., 17

Litvack, J., 43

Los Angeles County, CA, 73

Louisiana, 3, 15, 39, 52–53

Louisville-Jefferson County, KY, 38–39, 53

Lowery, D., 38

Lu, W., 39

Lucas, C. J., 120

Lyons, W. E., 38

managerial inefficiency, 13, 56, 89, 121

Matsusaka, J. G., 21, 255n5

Mayo, J. W., 256n19

McAninch, T., 73

McDavid, J. C., 73

Michigan, 7, 74–79, 81, 83–86, 90–92, 98–102, 106–107, 109–110, 128, 134

Midwest, 2, 4–5, 7, 12–13, 17, 75, 77–78, 82, 86, 88–90, 93–94, 98–102, 104–107, 109–113, 128, 134–135, 139–141, 143–144

minority population, 23, 27–30, 33

Mississippi, 58

Montana, 3, 52–53

natural monopoly, 13, 98

Nelson, A. C., 39

Nelson, M. A., 41, 43

Newman, R. J., 18

Nielsen, Francois, 91

Niskanen, W. A., 57, 64

Nobbie, P. D., 40

nonlinearities, 60, 67, 80, 105, 125

Normal, IL, 73

normalized quadratic cost function, 58, 60, 65, 75, 98, 104, 123–124

North Carolina, 9, 24, 58, 75, 77

North Dakota, 69

Northwest Territory, 7, 9, 75

Norway, 17, 21

Oates, W. E., 20, 41, 43

Ottawa, Canada, 36, 40

overlapping jurisdictions, 1, 42