Metropolitan City Expenditures: A Comparative Analysis - Paperback

by Roy W. Bahl (Author)

In this study of the structure of core city expenditures, Mr. Bahl analyzes the functional relationship between per capita expenditures and selected economic, demographic, and sociological factors. He finds that the problems central to intercity variations in per capita spending are directly related to the coordination of fiscal and physical planning and that economic and social areas, not corporate boundaries, represent the most appropriate planning units. Mr. Bahl extends the static analysis

Author Biography

Roy W. Bahl is Regents Professor of Economics at Georgia State University. He is the author of Fiscal Policy in China, and, with Johannes Linn, Urban Public Finance in Developing Countries.