This paper reviews research on the causes of migration, with the intention of delineating the
current state of theoretical development on the factors determining migration and …

This bibliography summarizes the most important recent literature on elderly migration and
retirement migration in the US and Canada, providing an interdisciplinary reviewof articles …

The consumer-voter may be viewed as picking that community which best satisfies his
preference pattern for public goods. At the central level the preferences of the consumer …

This paper explores the roles of different levels of government in assisting the poor. Using a
model incorporating utility interdependence, the paper first presents some theoretical results …

The Politics of Dissatisfaction: Citizens, Services, and Urban Institutions is destined to be a
classic in public administration and public policy; it makes major theoretical and empirical …

We construct a computational model of Tiebout competition and show that political
institutions differ in their ability to sort citizens effectively. In particular, we find that certain …

The 2000–2005 housing market boom in the US has caused sharp increases in residential
property taxes. Housing-rich but income-poor elderly homeowners often complain about …

Despite the considerable research attention accorded the Tiebout model, its empirical
foundations are not especially well developed. That is, existing empirical investigations of …

The Economics of Labor Migration: A Behavioral Analysis presents an in-depth study of the
various factors and conditions that lead to a worker's decision to migrate. The book applies …

The purpose of this exploratory research is to assess empirically the potential usefulness of
municipal accounting data for explaining voting decisions. The economic theory of voting …