Local Government Consolidation in the United States
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Chapter 4: Aggregate Estimates of Potential Savings

55

Economies of Scale in Local Government

57

G-inefficiency in Local Government

64

A Quick Accounting of Local Government Costs

68

Potential Versus Realized Savings

70

Chapter 5: Functional Area Estimates
of Potential Savings:
Public Safety

71

Studies of Public Safety Services

72

Estimates of Scale Economies (Public Safety)

76

Estimates of G-inefficiencies (Public Safety)

89

Conclusions

93

Chapter 6: Functional Area Estimates
of Potential Savings:
Other Services

97

Economies of Scale Analysis

97

Efficiency Analysis

104

G-inefficiency in the Southern
and Southwestern States

111

Conclusions

112

Chapter 7: Functional Area Estimates
of Potential Savings:
Libraries and K–12 Education

115

Introduction

115

Efficiency Studies of Public Libraries

116

Studies of Efficiency and Cost in K–12 Education

118

Modeling Library and School Consolidation

123

Scale Economies in Library Services

124

Schools: Scale Economies and G-inefficiencies

129

Summary and Discussion

135