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Citizens can either support or resist new tax and/or nontax policies for revenue-raising in the budgetary process. The relationship between citizens' role and revenue diversification is an important but under-researched topic. Therefore, to fill this gap in the existing knowledge, this study aims to explore the relationship between citizen participation and revenue diversification. Using the 2012 ICMA data paired with multiple data sources, this exploration offered empirical evidence that citizen participation has significant positive effects on the levels of tax and nontax revenue diversification. Further, the results confirm that local governments with a commitment to citizen participation are more likely to diversify their revenue structures.

Previous studies have reported a positive relationship between local government spending and health outcomes. However, there is limited scholarly research on how the different policy tools used for delivering public health services affect the health of local residents. This study adopted a comprehensive model, widely utilized in health policy and management research, to control for health behaviors, socioeconomic factors, physical environment, and clinical care. It provides evidence that a county with higher health spending through contracting has a higher health ranking among New York counties, indicating that service provision arrangements affect health outcomes. Thus, county efforts to improve health outcomes should consider the effects of differing service delivery arrangements.

We explore how citizen budget participation influences the difference between the original and final versions of local government budgets. Our findings based on 1,506 city and county governments in the U.S. show that localities with a higher level of citizen participation tend to increase any budget gap between original and final expenditures but decrease the gap on the revenue side of the budget. Citizens appear to be reluctant to modify revenues due to the lack of flexibility in allocating the tax burden. Alternatively, citizens may have more willingness to exploit the uncertainty of how expanded services will ultimately be funded over time. Our analysis provides insights into how public participation mechanisms influence the fiscal accountability of the presiding government budget decision makers.