This paper analyzes the provision of local public goods with positive spillovers across jurisdictions. If spillovers are symmetric, the noncooperative game played by jurisdictions admits a unique equilibrium, and an increase in spillovers reduces the total provision of public goods. Smaller...

This paper analyzes the provision of local public goods with positive spillovers across jurisdictions. If spillovers are symmetric, the non-cooperative game played by jurisdictions admits a unique equilibrium, and an increase in spillovers reduces the total provision of public goods. Smaller...

This paper analyzes the effects of spillovers on the formation of jurisdictions in a local public good economy with free mobility. The number of jurisdictions is fixed and spillovers are parametrized by a matrix [αij where αij ε [0,1]. When spillovers are symmetric and close to 0 or 1 (pure...