English summary: Lars P. Feld evaluates the economic arguments for or against tax
competition in a federal polity and summarizes the empirical evidence concerned with the …

From Cotton Belt to Sunbelt investigates the effects of federal policy on the American South
from 1938 until 1980 and charts the close relationship between federal efforts to reform the …

Designed both as a text for courses in population geography and migration and as a
resource for planners working on migration issues, Migration and Residential Mobility …

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 …

Migration models have considered several different categories of determinants, including
economic opportunities, amenities, and state and local fiscal factors. Migration has also …

This paper provides a review of the past 30 years of research on the relationships between
migration or residential mobility and the quality of life broadly construed, mainly in Canada …

In order to develop and exercise their skills urban planners need to draw upon a wide
variety of methods relating to plan and policy making, urban research and policy analysis …

Abstract C HARNEY AH (1993) Migration and the public sector: a survey, Reg. Studies 27,
3133–326. A review of the existing literature on human migration reveals relatively few …

13. Conclusions After decades of studying municipal charters largely by looking for patterns
in the data, we have a good basis for proceeding more formally with testable theories. The …

The Tiebout hypothesis that consumer mobility and interjurisdictional competition leads to
efficient provision of local services has provoked much controversy and debate in recent …