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Studies in the political economy of local government
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Holian, Matthew John
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Year and Degree
2008, Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, Economics.
Abstract
This dissertation explores topics related to the scope, structure and performance of local government, how the performance of government influences citizen satisfaction, and how citizen satisfaction influences political behavior such as voting. Using both formal (mathematical) theory and empirical analysis, three essays explore: outsourcing in U.S. cities with an application to emergency ambulance service and elderly voter interest groups, optimal decentralization in the context of both corporations and federal systems of government, and citizen evaluations of government performance as a determinant of voting turnout. The studies employ a methodological approach, which is interdisciplinary (with particular emphasis on integrating ideas from organizational and public economics), and applied theoretic.
Committee
Donald Haurin (Committee Chair)
Massimo Morelli (Committee Member)
Trevor Brown (Committee Member)
Gene Mumy (Committee Member)
Pages
148 p.
Subject Headings
Economics
Keywords
political economy local government
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Holian, M. J. (2008).
Studies in the political economy of local government
[Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1211549099
APA Style (7th edition)
Holian, Matthew.
Studies in the political economy of local government.
2008. Ohio State University, Doctoral dissertation.
OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1211549099.
MLA Style (8th edition)
Holian, Matthew. "Studies in the political economy of local government." Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1211549099
Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)
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