The Impact of Government Functional Responsibility on Local Expenditure
- 1 September 1986
- journal article
- other
- Published by SAGE Publications in Urban Affairs Quarterly
- Vol. 22 (1) , 151-165
- https://doi.org/10.1177/004208168602200108
Abstract
This article examines the variation in the number of functions performed by local governments and the impact of these functions on local expenditures in a national sample of communities with populations over 10,000 persons and located both inside and outside the country's Standard Metropolitan Statistical Areas. The findings indicate that control over the least-common governmental functions has a significant effect on local expenditure and that this effect differs by type of community.Keywords
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