Are municipalities Tieboutian clubs?

Heikkila, Eric J.

doi:10.1016/0166-0462(95)02112-4

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“…Greater numbers of municipalities and special districts may enable a certain degree of locational choice, but, ultimately, one of the main outcomes of fragmentation is greater division along socioeconomic lines (Heikkila 1996). One way of mitigating the problem is through the type of regional oversight of local governments' planning activities administered by organizations such as Minneapolis-St. Paul's Metropolitan Council or the Metro in Portland, OR.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

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Does density exacerbate income segregation? Evidence from U.S. metropolitan areas, 1980 to 2000

Pendall

Carruthers²

2003

Housing Policy Debate

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A fundamental goal of many smart growth efforts is to promote greater socioeconomic equity through more compact development. In this article, we point out that the connection between the built environment and socioeconomic outcomes may be more complex than it is generally portrayed to be, particularly in light of recent trends in urban and regional development.Through an empirical analysis involving two measures of income segregation, dissimilarity and isolation, in a national data set of metropolitan areas from 1980 to 2000, we illustrate that the relationship between density and income segregation follows a quadratic function, first rising, then falling, as densities increase. Moreover, changes in density-whether increases or decreases-always increased segregation. These findings suggest that, if greater socioeconomic equity is a goal, smart growth programs need to pay as much attention to market forces and the underlying political landscape as they do to the built environment.

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Does density exacerbate income segregation? Evidence from U.S. metropolitan areas, 1980 to 2000

Pendall

Carruthers²

2003

Housing Policy Debate

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“…The social stratification part of the thesis suggests that residential choice is not only based on citizens’ service preferences but also fueled by “lifestyle” considerations, specifically, the desire to live in socially homogenous communities (Weiher ) . There is stronger evidence in the literature pointing to the spatial separation of races in more fragmented regions, with some studies demonstrating segregation by income or other sociodemographic characteristics (see Bischoff ; Burns ; Eberts and Gronberg ; Heikkila ; Lewis and Hamilton ; Miller ; Morgan and Mareschal ; Stein ; Weiher ) ).…”

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“…Th e social stratifi cation part of the thesis suggests that residential choice is not only based on citizens' service preferences but also fueled by "lifestyle" considerations, specifi cally, the desire to live in socially homogenous communities (Weiher 1991). 4 Th ere is stronger evidence in the literature pointing to the spatial separation of races in more fragmented regions, with some studies demonstrating segregation by income or other sociodemographic characteristics (see Bischoff 2008;Burns 1994;Eberts and Gronberg 1981;Heikkila 1996;Lewis and Hamilton 2011;Miller 1981; Morgan and Mareschal 1999;Stein 1987;Weiher 1991). 5 Research has shown that some municipal governments employ exclusionary zoning, prohibit multifamily housing, and reject public housing projects to preserve the racial and social homogeneity of municipal enclaves (Massey and Denton 1993).…”

Section: Government Fragmentation Spatial Segregation and Fiscal Inmentioning

confidence: 99%

Separate, Unequal, and Ignored? Interjurisdictional Competition and the Budgetary Choices of Poor and Affluent Municipalities

Jimenez

2014

Public Administration Review

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The fundamental value underlying the design of a fragmented system of local governance is consumer sovereignty. This system functions as a market‐like arrangement providing citizen‐consumers a choice of jurisdictions that offer different bundles of public services and taxes. However, the same choice also can facilitate class‐based population sorting, creating regions where fiscally wealthy jurisdictions coexist with impoverished ones. Some argue that the public market enhances the power of all consumers, whether poor or rich. Even if the poor are concentrated in some jurisdictions, they can exercise their voice to ensure that their government responds to their service needs. But does the voice of the poor matter as much as the voice of the rich in determining service levels in the local public market? Comparing the budgetary choices in poor and affluent municipalities, this article shows that in highly fragmented regions, some municipal services are provided the least in communities where they are needed the most.

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“…Studies that use demographic characteristics as proxies for preferences have produced mixed results. Using a cross‐section of 1990 Census demographic data, Heikkila (1996), for example, finds that municipal boundaries correspond with clusters of demographically‐similar census tracts, consistent with Tiebout sorting. Rhode and Strumpf (2003), in contrast, find that the heterogeneity in census demographics across municipalities has surprisingly decreased over the last 150 years.…”

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Tiebout Dynamics: Neighborhood Response to a Central‐city/Suburban House‐price Differential*

Thorsnes

Reifel

2007

Journal of Regional Science

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We take advantage of an unusual natural experiment-a high-quality 1920s subdivision split neatly in half by a central-city/suburban boundary-to study the response over 30 years to the relative decline in the quality of central-city services since the 1960s. As expected, a large sale price differential opens in the 1960s. Demographic characteristics are nevertheless similar across the boundary. Survey data indicate Tiebout sorting: the central city side attracts households who prefer alternatives to suburban public schools. Children attend parochial and public "magnet" schools. A neighborhood association supplements municipal services. Rigid service district boundaries inhibit closure of the house-price differential. Copyright Blackwell Publishing, Inc. 2007

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Are municipalities Tieboutian clubs?

Cited by 56 publications

References 23 publications

Does density exacerbate income segregation? Evidence from U.S. metropolitan areas, 1980 to 2000

Does density exacerbate income segregation? Evidence from U.S. metropolitan areas, 1980 to 2000

Separate, Unequal, and Ignored? Interjurisdictional Competition and the Budgetary Choices of Poor and Affluent Municipalities

Tiebout Dynamics: Neighborhood Response to a Central‐city/Suburban House‐price Differential*

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