Urban Public Finance

Considers such issues as the effect of local government policies on migration, the optimal size of cities, tax and expenditure capitalization, the economics of intergovernmental transfers, tax exporting and tax competition. Introduction to the Series, 1. Introduction, 2. Efficient Resource Allocation and the Local Public Sector: Locational Efficiency, 3. Positive and Normative Analysis of Local Public Expenditure, 4. Household Mobility and Public Expenditure Determination: Tiebout Models, 5. Property and Land Taxation, 6. Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations, References, Index