Representative Versus Direct Democracy: a Test of Allocative Efficiency in Local Government Expenditures

The influence of government structure on the efficient allocation of public resources is examined A test developed by Brueckner is used to examine differences in the allocative efficiency of representative versus direct democracy forms of local government. The empirical results suggest that the form of government has no influence on the level of allocative efficiency.

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Year of publication:	1993
Authors:	Deller, Steven C. ; Chicoine, David L.
Published in:	Public Finance Review. - Vol. 21.1993, 1, p. 100-114

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Type of publication:	Article
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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