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Effects of state and local public services on economic development


Abstract: What impact do the quality and mix of state and local public services exert on economic development? Do high-quality services foster economic growth, even if accompanied by a high level of taxation? Are certain types of firms more sensitive to service quality than others? What are the difficulties inherent in measuring service quality, and how have investigators dealt with them?> Paper: Ronald C. Fisher> Discussion of Papers on Taxation and Public Services: Timothy J. Bartik, Harley T. Duncan, Therese J. McGuire, and Robert M. Ady

Keywords: Economic development; Finance, Public;

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Provider: Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

Part of Series: New England Economic Review

Publication Date: 1997

Issue: Mar

Pages: 53-82