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Does efficiency shape the territorial structure of government?

Marks, Gary (2009) Does efficiency shape the territorial structure of government? In: UNSPECIFIED.

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    Abstract

    This paper reviews the literature on public goods in relation to the following three questions. Why is government organized across multiple levels? Does efficiency determine the level at which decisions are made? Does efficiency frame how policy problems are bundled in jurisdictions? Rather than examine how government structure may or may not lead to efficient outcomes, this essay is concerned with how efficiency constrains government. Rather than explain variation in government, the concern here is to probe some fundamental commonalities in government structure. Such commonalities are sometimes taken for granted precisely because they appear to be constants in an otherwise fluctuating political universe.

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    Item Type: Conference or Workshop Item (UNSPECIFIED)
    Subjects for non-EU documents: EU policies and themes > Policies & related activities > public policy/public administration
    Subjects for EU documents: UNSPECIFIED
    EU Series and Periodicals: UNSPECIFIED
    EU Annual Reports: UNSPECIFIED
    Conference: European Union Studies Association (EUSA) > Biennial Conference > 2009 (11th), April 23-25, 2009
    Depositing User: Phil Wilkin
    Official EU Document: No
    Language: English
    Date Deposited: 08 Jan 2013 17:58
    Number of Pages: 40
    Last Modified: 08 Jan 2013 17:58
    URI: http://aei.pitt.edu/id/eprint/33104

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