Innovation in structural change of local government

An induced innovations framework was used to develop a median voter model to test factors affecting county government's decisions to adopt alternative service delivery methods. Size measures of population and tax base, fiscal measures of tax revenues, the share of tax base in agriculture, and a...

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Published inAmerican journal of agricultural economics Vol. 72; no. 4; pp. 1074 - 1080
Main Authors Otto, Daniel M., Edelman, Mark A.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Menasha, Wis Oxford University Press 01.11.1990
American Agricultural Economics Association
American Farm Economic Association
Subjects
ADMINISTRATION LOCALE
Agricultural land
ANALISIS ESTADISTICO
ANALYSE STATISTIQUE
COMMUNAUTE RURALE
Communities
COMUNIDADES RURALES
consolidation
County governments
DESARROLLO RURAL
DEVELOPPEMENT RURAL
Estimated taxes
ESTRUCTURA AGRICOLA
FINANCES PUBLIQUES
GOBIERNO LOCAL
HACIENDA PUBLICA
Income estimates
INNOVACION
INNOVATION
Innovation adoption
institutional innovations
IOWA
Local government
MODELE
MODELOS
public finance
SERVICE PUBLIC
SERVICIOS PUBLICOS
Structural change
structure
STRUCTURE AGRICOLE
Tax base
Tax revenues
Technological innovation
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Summary:An induced innovations framework was used to develop a median voter model to test factors affecting county government's decisions to adopt alternative service delivery methods. Size measures of population and tax base, fiscal measures of tax revenues, the share of tax base in agriculture, and access to human capital were significantly related to structural change of local government.
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ISSN:0002-9092
1467-8276
DOI:10.2307/1242639