Miscellaneous Readings

•  Alesina, Alberto and Tabellini, Guido. 2005. Why Do Politicians Delegate?. Harvard Institute of Economic Research Discussion Paper. [file download]

•  Bednar. Jena, Eskridge, William and Ferejohn, John. 1999. A Positive Theory of Federalism. [file download]

•  Bednar, Jenna and Paige, Scott. 2006. Culture, Institutional Performance and Path Dependence. [Working paper] [file download]

•  Benton, Edwin and Feiock, Richard. 2006. Ch. 11, Local Governments: Institutions of Governance and Service Delivery Agent. Florida Government and Politics. FL: UF Press. [file download]

•  Berry, Chris. Piling on: The Fiscal Effects of Jurisdition Overlap. [Working paper] [file download]

•  Buitelaar, Edwin. 2004. Transaction Costs and Land Development Process. Urban Studies 41(13): 2539-2553. [file download]

•  Canielson, Michael and Lewis, Paul. 1996. City Bound: Political Science and the American Metropolis. Political Research Quarterly 49(1): 203-20. [file download]

•  Cheung, Ron. 2005. The Effect of Property Tax Limitations on Residential Private Governments. [Working paper] [file download]

•  Dixit, Avinash and Olson, Mancur. 2000. Does Voluntary Participation Undermine the Coase Theorem?. Journal of Public Economics 76: 309-35. [file download]

•  Feiock, Richard. The Transaction Cost Theory of Federalism. [Working paper] [file download]

•  Feldman, Maryann and Martin, Roger. 2004. Jurisdictional Advantage. [Working paper] [file download]

•  Fennel, Lee. 2004. Contracting Communities. University of Illinois Law Review 2004: 829-898. [file download]

•  Helsley, Robert and Strange, William. 2000. Social Interaction and the Institutions of Local Government. American Economic Reveiw 90(5): 1477-90. [file download]

•  Helsley, Robert and Strange, William. 1998. Private Government. Journal of Economics 69: 281-304. [file download]

•  Inman, Robert and Rubinfeld, Daneil. 1997. Rethinking Federalism. The Journal of Economic perspectives 11(4): 43-64. [file download]

•  Nelson, Robert. 2005. New Community Associations for Established Neighborhoods. Presented at the Annual Research Conference of Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, Washington D.C., November 3-5. [file download]

•  Rundle, Jonathan. The Impact of Formal Fiscal Rules on Local Government Borrowing Costs: An Empirical Assessment. [Working paper] [file download]

•  Sandfort, Jodi and Milward, Brinton. 2006. Collaborative Service Provision in the Public Sector. Handbook of Inter-Organizational Relations, edited by Steve Cropper, Mark Ebers, Chris Huxham, and Peter Smith Ring, MA: Oxford University Press. [file download]

•  Sassi, Tim and Pittman, Bobby. 2000. The Changing Impact of Electoral Structure on Black Representation in the South 1970-1996. Public Choice 104: 369-88. [file download]

•  Skidmore, Mark. 1999. Tax and Expenditure Limitations and the Fiscal Relationships Between State and Local Governments. Public Choice 99: 77-102. [file download]

•  Smith, Steven. 2003. NGOs and Government: Implications for Democracy, Citizenship, and Public Administration. Presented at the Annual Meeting of American Political Science Association, Philadelphia, PA, August 28-31. [file download]

•  Van Slyke, David. 2006. The Role of Collaboration in Relational Contracting. Presented at the Meeting of Collaborative Public Management Conference, Washington D.C., September 28-30. [file download]