Political jurisdictions in heterogeneous communities:
We investigate how the number and size of local political jurisdictions in an area is determined. Our model focuses on the tradeoff between the benefits of economies of scale and the costs of a heterogeneous population. We consider heterogeneity in income, race, ethnicity, and religion, and we test...
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Cambridge, Mass.
National Bureau of Economic Research
2000
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| Zusammenfassung: | We investigate how the number and size of local political jurisdictions in an area is determined. Our model focuses on the tradeoff between the benefits of economies of scale and the costs of a heterogeneous population. We consider heterogeneity in income, race, ethnicity, and religion, and we test the model using American school districts, school attendance areas, municipalities, and special districts. Using both cross-sectional and panel analysis, we find evidence of a significant tradeoff between economies of scale and racial heterogeneity. We find weaker tradeoffs between economies of scale and income or ethnic heterogeneity. That is, it appears that people are willing to sacrifice the most, in terms of economies of scale, in order to avoid racial heterogeneity in their jurisdiction. |
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| spelling | Alesina, Alberto 1957-2020 Verfasser (DE-588)125845804 aut Political jurisdictions in heterogeneous communities Alberto Alesina ; Reza Baqir ; Caroline Hoxby Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2000 51 S. graph. Darst. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier NBER working paper series 7859 We investigate how the number and size of local political jurisdictions in an area is determined. Our model focuses on the tradeoff between the benefits of economies of scale and the costs of a heterogeneous population. We consider heterogeneity in income, race, ethnicity, and religion, and we test the model using American school districts, school attendance areas, municipalities, and special districts. Using both cross-sectional and panel analysis, we find evidence of a significant tradeoff between economies of scale and racial heterogeneity. We find weaker tradeoffs between economies of scale and income or ethnic heterogeneity. That is, it appears that people are willing to sacrifice the most, in terms of economies of scale, in order to avoid racial heterogeneity in their jurisdiction. Administrative and political divisions Economies of scale Economies of scale United States Pluralism (Social sciences) Pluralism (Social sciences) United States USA United States Administrative and political divisions Baqir, Reza Verfasser aut Hoxby, Caroline M. 1966- Verfasser (DE-588)124735789 aut Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe NBER working paper series 7859 (DE-604)BV002801238 7859 http://papers.nber.org/papers/w7859.pdf kostenfrei Volltext |
| spellingShingle | Alesina, Alberto 1957-2020 Baqir, Reza Hoxby, Caroline M. 1966- Political jurisdictions in heterogeneous communities NBER working paper series Administrative and political divisions Economies of scale Economies of scale United States Pluralism (Social sciences) Pluralism (Social sciences) United States |
| title | Political jurisdictions in heterogeneous communities |
| title_auth | Political jurisdictions in heterogeneous communities |
| title_exact_search | Political jurisdictions in heterogeneous communities |
| title_full | Political jurisdictions in heterogeneous communities Alberto Alesina ; Reza Baqir ; Caroline Hoxby |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Political jurisdictions in heterogeneous communities Alberto Alesina ; Reza Baqir ; Caroline Hoxby |
| title_short | Political jurisdictions in heterogeneous communities |
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| topic_facet | Administrative and political divisions Economies of scale Economies of scale United States Pluralism (Social sciences) Pluralism (Social sciences) United States USA United States Administrative and political divisions |
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