The Influence of Special District Government on Public Spending and Debt

Michael L. Marlow, Florida Atlantic University

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Copyright © 1995 Taylor & Francis. This is an electronic version of an article published in Applied Economics. The definitive version is available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00036849500000045.

NOTE: At the time of publication, the author Michael L. Marlow was not yet affiliated with Cal Poly.

Abstract

Growth in special district governments is examined as a reason behind public sector expansion in the United States. A theoretical model is developed of the optimal mix of government suppliers which predicts how special district governments affect the overall provision of government policies. The hypothesis that expansion of special district governments leads to expansion of the public sector is expirically examined over two time periods.