On Efficient Jurisdiction Structures in a Simple Local Public Goods Economy with Interjurisdictional Trade

This note shows that if commodities are tradable across jurisdictions, then it may be efficient to have heterogeneously sized jurisdictions, even if (i) consumers are identical, (ii) there is one private good and one public good, (iii) utility and production functions are not affected by population (within the relevant range of sizes of jurisdictions).

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Year of publication:	2001
Authors:	Konishi, Hideo
Published in:	Economics Bulletin. - AccessEcon, ISSN 1545-2921. - Vol. 8.2001, 2, p. 1-5
Publisher:	AccessEcon

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Extent:	application/pdf
Type of publication:	Article
Language:	English
Classification:	H4 - Publicly Provided Goods ; H7 - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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