BUREAUCROTIC PROFITS, MIGRATION COSTS, AND THE CONSOLIDATION OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT

In: Public choice, Band 23, S. 95-100

Abstract

A MODEL OF BUREAUCRATIC BENHAVIOR IS APPLIED TO THE PROBLEM OF CONSOLIDATION IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT. IT CAN BE PREDICTED THAT CONSOLIDATION WILL BE PROMOTED BY REDUCTIONS IN MLGRATION COSTS, BY THE BREAKDOWN OF FAMILY AND PERSONAL TIES, AND BY INCREASED PERSONAL MOBILITY; MORE CONSOLIDATION WILL TAKE PLACE IN THOSE PUBLIC GOODS WHICH ARE SUBJECT TO LOW MIGRATION COST.