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Multi-Level Administrative Structure and the Distribution of Social Service Expenditures: A Nebraska Example

ISSN: 0362-3319.
Journal from gdlhub / 2012-06-19 09:08:39
Oleh : RICHARD V. ADKISSON, New Mexico State University
Dibuat : 2012-06-19, dengan 1 file

Keyword : Multi-Level Administrative Structure and the Distribution of Social Service Expenditures: A Nebraska Example
Subjek : Multi-Level Administrative Structure and the Distribution of Social Service Expenditures: A Nebraska Example
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In the fiscal federalist literature, economists’ theoretical arguments center on the optimal

assignment of governmental responsibilities among various levels of government.

Traditionally, most writers (Oates, 1972; Buchanan, 1974; Ladd and Doolittle, 1982;

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Brown and Oates, 1987 ) have argued for centralization of the redistribution function.

Others (Pauly, 1973; Tresch, 1981; Johnson, 1991) have begun with different assumptions

and argued for decentralized redistribution. The writers’ assumptions regarding

taxpayer/recipient mobility and utility interdependence across jurisdictions prove critical

to their arguments.

If there is utility interdependence, the benefits of redistributional activities will

extend beyond the borders of local governmental jurisdictions. Thus, when local (or

perhaps state) governments decide how much redistribution to undertake, their analyses

of the costs and benefits of redistribution are distorted. They pay all of the costs

but, because of the externality, receive and consider only part of the benefits. In a

decentralized system, this may lead to an economically inefficient allocation of

resources to redistribution activities. In regard to mobility, if taxpayers tend to move

away from high benefit/high tax areas and potential beneficiaries of redistributive

activities move toward high benefit areas, localized redistributive decision making

may lead to lower than economically efficient levels of redistribution as local govemments

worry of potential changes in the taxpayer/recipient composition of their

jurisdictions. If either utility interdependence or mobility exists, centralization of the

redistribution function of government is generally assumed to provide a more efficient

redistribution than will decentralization.

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