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Subsidizing inefficiency : a study of state aid and local government productivity

Title: Subsidizing inefficiency : a study of state aid and local government productivity / by Richard H. Silkman and Dennis R. Young ; with the assistance of Robert Lipp.
Author: Silkman, Richard H.
Publication: New York : Praeger, 1985.

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xviii, 101 p.: ill.; 25 cm.

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Note

Includes index.

Bibliography (note)

Bibliography: p. 89-95.

Contents

1. The Context of Grants-In-Aid -- The Fiscal Environment -- Character of Grants-In-Aid -- The Magnitude and Scope of Grants-In-Aid -- The Structure and Form of Grants-In-Aid -- Policy Objectives and Research -- 2. Theories and Concepts of Efficiency and Grants-In-Aid Effects -- Efficiency Defined -- Conceptual Problems -- Theory of Grants and Productivity -- Perspective -- 3. Methods and Models -- Measuring Inefficiency -- Sink Analysis -- Determinant Analysis -- Summary -- 4. Public Library Systems-- Description of the Sector -- Empirical Analyses -- The Data -- Quasi-Minimum Total Cost Frontier -- Sink Analysis -- Determinant Analysis -- Summary -- 5. School Bus Transportation Systems -- Pupil Transportation Systems -- Empirical Analysis -- The Data -- Quasi-Minimum Total Cost Frontier -- Sink Analysis -- Determinant Analysis -- Summary -- 6. Research and Policy -- Further Research -- Replication -- Micro-Analysis of Results -- Extension -- Policy -- Modification -- Alternatives -- Final Word.

ISBN

0275901645
9780275901646
9780030006623
0030006627
0030006627 (alk. paper) (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

84026628

OCLC

ocm11599213
11599213
SCSB-627457

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Princeton University Library