ALTERNATIVE SERVICE DELIVERY STRATEGIES FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS

Brunet, Alexia; McNamara, Kevin T.; Deboer, Larry

doi:10.22004/ag.econ.20705

ALTERNATIVE SERVICE DELIVERY STRATEGIES FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS

Brunet, Alexia ; McNamara, Kevin T. ; Deboer, Larry

A model for observing public service delivery choice in the presence of economic expansion is presented. Regression techniques were used to estimate the share of county population served by volunteer fire protection from variables measuring community demands for and relative costs of fire protection services.

Keywords:

firefighters ; volunteer organizations ; taxes ; municipal service demands ; local spending ; population growth ; median voter

Subject(s):

Public Economics

Issue Date:

2001

Publication Type:

Conference Paper/ Presentation

DOI and Other Identifiers:

10.22004/ag.econ.20705

Record Identifier:

https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/20705