A multiplex theory of urban service distribution: The case of school expenditures

Urban Affairs Review

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 608-643

  Pallas, Aaron M ^a   Jennings, Jennifer L ^b,c  

^a Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bureaucratic decision making; Path dependency; Public education; Urban service distribution

Indexed keywords

BUREAUCRACY; EDUCATION; EXPENDITURE; PERSISTENCE; PUBLIC SPENDING; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SERVICE PROVISION; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN POLITICS; URBAN SERVICE;

NEW YORK [NEW YORK (STT)]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77952926135     PISSN: 10780874     EISSN: 15528332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1078087409356757     Document Type: Article

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