Competition in the Provision of Local Public Goods

Single Function Jurisdictions and Individual Choice

Studies in Fiscal Federalism and State-local Finance series

亚历山德拉彼得曼Reifschneider,formerly at Freiburg University, Germany and now in the Research Department of the Chilean Construction Chamber, Santiago, Chile

The central purpose of this book is to analyse the optimal allocation of local public goods or services (for example garbage collection, police, fire brigades and medical services) in large urban agglomerations and the allocation consequences of increasing competition in the provision of them. Competition in the Provision of Local Public Goods uses two innovative aspects present in the concept of Functional Overlapping Competing Jurisdictions, which are de-localized membership and uni-functionality of jurisdictions. The book analyses the effect of these two aspects on competition among jurisdictions and the impact this probable increase in competition may have on the achievement of the optimal allocation of local public goods.

‘. . . fascinating and thought provoking.’
– Jan-Erik Lane, Public Management Review