range of public goods (the so-called “zoo effect”, Oates (1988)). We take advantage of the fact that, in France, many …. Using spatial econometrics, we find some evidence for the existence of a zoo effect in French communities. In other terms …, larger communities provide a broader range of services than smaller ones. The intensity of the zoo effect is higher in urban …

range of public goods should increase with localities? size; this is the "zoo effect". But despite this argument appears … zoo effect in French inter-municipalities. In other terms, we find that the variety of services provided in larger inter …-municipalities exceeds those in smaller communities. Moreover, the intensity of the zoo effect depends on the urban-rural gradient. It is …