Governance Choice on a Serial Network

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Governance Choice on a Serial Network

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2009

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This paper analyzes governance choice in a two-level federation in providing road infrastructure across jurisdictions. Two models are proposed to predict the choice of centralized or decentralized spending structure on a serial road network shared by two districts. While the first model considers simple Pigouvian behavior of governments, the second explicitly models political forces at both a local and central level. Both models led to the conclusions that the spending structure is chosen based on a satisfactory comprise between benefits and costs associated with alternative decision-making processes, and that governance choice may spontaneously shift as the infrastructure improves temporally.

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http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.1007/s11127-009-9448-5

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Xie, Feng, and David Levinson (2009) Governance Choice on a Serial Network. Public Choice 141: 189–212 .

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Xie, Feng; Levinson, David M. (2009). Governance Choice on a Serial Network. Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.1007/s11127-009-9448-5.

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