Recent theoretical work has applied transaction cost theories to the public sector. This article
extends transaction cost theories of organization to an empirical examination of bureaucratic …

Barbara Coyle McCabe than in others (Table 1 shows special-district formation by state).
This article proposes and tests such a framework, focusing on the role of state laws and local …

This chapter critically examines the Thomas Friedman-Richard Florida debate and offers a
quite different perspective and strategy for economic development in a global economy. In …

Do state policies that allow municipal governments to levy economic development taxes
stimulate economic development? Texas allows municipal‐level economic development …

The purpose of this book is to highlight the role of entrepreneurship, social capital and
governance for regional economic development. Regional economic development is a …

This article seeks to determine the effect of rurality and need on per capita federal grant
receipts in local areas over time, controlling for local and regional government capacities. In …

The authors highlight three sources of endogeneity bias that typically haunt analyses of local
government policies, and offer an empirical methodology for estimating program impacts …

Objective. The objective of this article is twofold. First, why did states adopt enterprise zones,
which allow designated economically distressed areas to provide significant financial …

Local officials in the US often extol the virtues of homeownership. Public proclamations
about homeownership are frequent from these officials and echo many of the claims made …

Are municipal-level local option sales taxes (LOST) in Texas associated with long-term
economic development outcomes? The Texas 4a and 4b LOST options fund economic …