The policy implications of Tiebout effects

Local Government Studies

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 67-79

  John, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 10144247294     PISSN: 03003930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03003939708433865     Document Type: Article

References (36)

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2. C. Tiebout, 'A Pure Theory of Local Expenditures', Journal of Political Economy, 64 (1956), pp.416-24, and his 'An Economic Theory of Fiscal Decentralization', in Public Finances: Needs, Sources and Utilization (Princeton, NJ: National Bureau of Economic Research, 1961). See K. Dowding, P. John and S. Biggs, 'Tiebout: A Survey of the Empirical Literature', Urban Studies, Vol.31, Nos.4/5 (1994), pp.767-97 for a report of the number of citations.
3. C. Tiebout, 'A Pure Theory of Local Expenditures', Journal of Political Economy, 64 (1956), pp.416-24, and his 'An Economic Theory of Fiscal Decentralization', in Public Finances: Needs, Sources and Utilization (Princeton, NJ: National Bureau of Economic Research, 1961). See K. Dowding, P. John and S. Biggs, 'Tiebout: A Survey of the Empirical Literature', Urban Studies, Vol.31, Nos.4/5 (1994), pp.767-97 for a report of the number of citations.
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5. K. Newton, 'Residential Mobility in London: Rational Choice Fairy Tale, Utopia, or Reality?', British Journal of Political Science; Vol.27, No.1 (1997), pp.148-51. See reply by Keith Dowding and Peter John, 'Fairy Tale Critiques and Political Science: A Reply to Kenneth Newton', ibid., pp.152-5.
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15. Tiebout, op. cit., p.420.
16. Ibid., p.423.
17. Dowding et al., op. cit.
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28. T. Travers and G. Jones, The Impact of Population Size on Local Authority Costs and Effectiveness, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Local and Central Government Research Findings No. 23, April 1993.
29. A.O. Hirschman, Exit, Voice and Loyalty (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1970).
30. John et al., op. cit.
31. C. Game, 'Budget Making by Opinion Poll - Must Services Always Suffer?', Local Government Studies, Vol.8 (1982), pp.11-18; J. Gibson, 'Rate Increases and Local Elections: A Different Approach and a Different Conclusion', Policy and Politics, Vol.16 (1988), pp.197-208; J. Gibson and J. Stewart, 'Poll Tax, Rates and Local Elections', Political Studies, Vol.XL (1992), pp.516-31.
32. C. Game, 'Budget Making by Opinion Poll - Must Services Always Suffer?', Local Government Studies, Vol.8 (1982), pp.11-18; J. Gibson, 'Rate Increases and Local Elections: A Different Approach and a Different Conclusion', Policy and Politics, Vol.16 (1988), pp.197-208; J. Gibson and J. Stewart, 'Poll Tax, Rates and Local Elections', Political Studies, Vol.XL (1992), pp.516-31.
33. C. Game, 'Budget Making by Opinion Poll - Must Services Always Suffer?', Local Government Studies, Vol.8 (1982), pp.11-18; J. Gibson, 'Rate Increases and Local Elections: A Different Approach and a Different Conclusion', Policy and Politics, Vol.16 (1988), pp.197-208; J. Gibson and J. Stewart, 'Poll Tax, Rates and Local Elections', Political Studies, Vol.XL (1992), pp.516-31.
34. Gibson, 'Voter Reaction to Tax Changes', p.833.
35. A. Whitehead, 'Rational Actors and Irrational Structures: The Fate of Regional Cities in England', paper to Political Studies Association annual conference, University of York, April 1995.
36. Ibid.