Service Delivery Readings

•  Baer, Susan and Marando, Vincent. 2001. The Sub-Districting of Cities: Applying the Polycentric Model. Urban Affairs Review 36(5): 721-33. [file download]

•  Brown. Trevor, Potoski. Matt and Sluke, David. 2005. Transaction Costs and the Changing Patterns of Local Service Delivery. Present at the Annual Meeting of American Association of Public Policy Analysis and Management, Washington D.C., November. [file download]

•  Brown, Trevor and Potaski, Mattew. The Influence of Transactions Costs on Municipal and County Government Choices about Alternative Mode of Service Provision. Presented at the 6th National Public Management Research Conference, Indiana University. [file download]

•  Brown. Trevor, Potoski. Matt and Sluke, David. 2005. Managing the Tools of Government: Contracting and Contract Management in the New Millennium. Presented at the Bi-Annual Meeting of Public Management Research Association, University of Southern California, September 29 - October 1. [file download]

•  Cho, Sungsook and Grillespie, David. 2006. A Conceptual Model Exploring the Dynamics of Government: Nonprofit Service Delivery. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly 35(3): 493-509. [file download]

•  ClingermayeR, James and Feiock, Richard. 2001. Leadership Turnover and the Delivery of City Service. Institutional Constraints and Local Policy Choices ch.4. NY: SUNY Press. [file download]

•  Craw, Michael. .Making a Difference: Strategies of Municipal Competition. [Working paper] [file download]

•  Feiock. Richard, Dasse. Carl and Clingermayer, James. 2004. Sector Choice for Public Service Provision: The Transaction Cost Implications of Executive Turnover. [file download]

•  Fernandez, Sergio. 2005. Accounting for Performance in Contracting for Services: Are Successful Contractual Relationships Controlled or Managed?. Presented at the Bi-Annual Meeting of Public Management Research Association, Unviersity of Southern California, September 29 - October 1. [file download]

•  Fernandez. Sergio, Brudney. Jeff and Ryu, Jay. 2005. Variation in Service Delivery: Examining the Effects of State Level Factors on Local Government Contracting for Service. Presented at the Aunnal Meeting of American Political Science Association, Washington D.C., September 1-4. [file download]

•  Fernadez. Sergio, Smith. Craig and Wenger, Jeffery. 2005. Employment, Privitization, and Managerial Choice: Does Contracting Reduce Public Sector Employment?. Presented at the Annual Meeting of American Political Science Association, September 1-4. [file download]

•  Ferris, James. 1998. The Role of the Nonprofit Sector in a Self-Governing Society: A View from the United States. International Journal of Valuntary and Nonprofit Orgnaization 9(2): 137-51. [file download]

•  Francois, Patrick. 2000. Public Service Motivation as an Argument for Government Provision. Journal of Economics 78: 275-99. [file download]

•  Gazley, Beth. 2005. Beyond the Contract: Informal Parternships as 'Dark Matter' in Privatization Research. Presented at the Bi-Annual Meeting of Public Management Research Association, University of Southern California, September 29 - October 1. [file download]

•  Gerber. Elisabeth, Hall. Christianne and Hines, James. 2004. Privatization: Issues in State and Local Service Provision. Sepecial Research Report 1: 1-11, University of Michigan. [file download]

•  Glaser, Edward and Shleifer, Andrei. 2001. Non-for-Profit Entrepreneurs. Journal of Public Economics 81(1): 99-115. [file download]

•  Helslery, Robert. 2004. Urban Political Economics. Handbook of Urban and Regional Economics 14. [file download]

•  Helsley, Robert and Strange, William. 2000. Potential Competition and Public Sector Performance. Regional Science and Urban Economics 30: 405-28. [file download]

•  Joassart-Marcelli, Pascale and Musso, Juliet. 2005. Municipal Sevice Provision Choices within a Metropolitan Area. Urban Affairs Review 40(4): 492-519. [file download]

•  Kraybill, David and Lobao, Linda. 2001. County Government Survey: Changes and Challenges in the New Millennium. Rural County Governance Center Research #1. [file download]

•  Levin, Jonathan and Tedalius, Stephen. 2004. Employment versus Contracting in Procurement: Theory and Evidence from U.S. Cities. [Working paper] [file download]

•  Linda, Lobao and Kraybill, David. 2005. The Emerging Roles of County Governments in Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Areas: Findings from a National Survey. Economic Development Quarterly 19(3): 245-259. [file download]

•  Nelson, Michael. 1997. Municipal Government Approaches to Service Delivery. Economic Inquiry 35: 82-96. [file download]

•  Orstrom. Vincent, Tiebout. Charles and Warren, Robert. 1961. The Organization of Government in Metropolitan Areas: A theoretical Inquiry. The American Political Science Reivew 55(4): 831-842. [file download]

•  Padon, Andrew. 1999. Pseudo-Public Goods and Urban Development: A Game Theoretic Model of Local Public Goods. Journal of Urban Affairs 21(2): 213-35. [file download]

•  Rubin, Irene. 2004. Contracting Out to Other Government. Presented at the Aunnal Meeting of American Society for Public Administration, Portland, Oregon. [file download]

•  Van Slyke, David. 2003. The Mythology of Privatization in Contracting for Social Services. Public Administration Review 63(3): 296-315. [file download]

•  Van Slyke, David. 2003. Agents or Stewards: How Government Manages Its Contracting Relationships with Nonprofit Social Service Providers. Presented at Annual Meeting of Public Management Research Conference, Washington D.C., October 9-11. [file download]

•  Walls. Margaret, Macauley. Molly and Anderson, Soren. 2005. Private Markets, Contracts, and Government Provision: What Explains the Oganization of Local Waste and Recycling Markets?. Urban Affairs Review 40(5): 590-613. [file download]

•  Warner, Mildred and Hebdon, Robert. 2001. Local Government Restructuring: Privatization and Its Alternatives. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 20(2): 315-36. [file download]

•  Warner, Mildred and Hefetz, Amir. 2005. Managing Markets and Citizen Voice: Understanding Mixed Public/Private Delivery of City Services. Presendted at the Annual Meeting of American Association of Public Policy Analysis and Management, Washington D.C., November 4. [file download]

•  Warner, Mildred and Hefetz, Amir. 2002. Applying Market Solutions to Public Services: An Assessment of Efficiency Equity, and Voice. Urban Affairs Review 38(1): 70-89. [file download]