Abbotsford, 37

administration, 7–8, 13, 37, 62, 97, 99, 101, 104, 106, 108–109, 111–113, 139, 142, 145

Andrews, M., 118–119

Athens, Georgia, 36, 53

Bae, S., 39

Bahl, R. W., 17

Barnett, J. H., 120–121

Bartik, T. J., 18

Berne, R., 121

Berry, C. R., 42, 56, 76, 94, 145

Bloomington, IL, 73

Bradley, S., 119

Brennan, G., 42

Briffault, R., 24

Buchanan, J. M., 42

Button, K., 57

Campbell, R. W., 36

Canada, 17, 35, 73

Canadian, 36–37, 40

Carr, J. B., 38–39, 52, 54

Census of Governments, 8, 12, 75, 91, 94, 127, 129, 133, 136, 258n35

centralization, 42

Chapman, J. I., 257n26

Christenson, J. A., 25

citizen participation, 70

Coase, Ronald, 95

Coasian tradeoff, 95

Compendium of Government Finances, 258n33, 258n35

COMPETE studies, xx, 69

consolidation, xix–xxi, 1–6, 8, 10, 12–34, 35–56, 58, 60, 62–64, 66, 68–74, 76, 78–80, 82–84, 86, 88–90, 92–94, 97–98, 100–102, 104, 106, 108, 110–114, 116–120, 122–124, 126, 128, 130, 132–136, 137–146, 255n2, 255n10, 255n14, 256, 256n14, 256n23, 258, 258n32

coordination, 2, 4, 13, 21, 40, 56, 64–66, 75–76, 89, 94–95, 124

costs, 56, 66, 66, 94–95, 124

problems, 13, 89

crisis climate, 17, 20, 22–23, 28, 32–33

diseconomies of scale, 18, 74, 78–79, 81–83, 86, 93, 95, 101, 117, 123, 139, 257n24, 257n26

DeBoer, L., 116, 122

DeHoog, R. H., 38

Deller, S. C., 121

Denmark, 17

Department of Local Government Finance, 69

Department of Metropolitan Development, 40

Dowding, K., 255n7

Driscoll, D., 118, 258n36

Duncombe, W., 74, 118–119