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100			_aJimenez, Benedict S.
245			_aExternalities in the fragmented metropolis: local institutional choices and the efficiency-equity trade off
260			_c2016
300			_ap.314-336.
362			_aMay
520			_aA highly fragmented system of local governance represents a market-like arrangement in which competition among service providers benefits citizen-consumers by improving the efficiency of local public service delivery. Yet, the local public market can also fail, producing negative outcomes for some communities and their residents. Because fragmentation can have differential impacts on the welfare of different groups of citizens-benefiting others and harming some-the organization of the local public sector raises important equity questions. This research focuses on the negative outcomes or externalities generated by local government fragmentation, specifically urban sprawl and spatial economic segregation. The results of the empirical analysis suggest that the design of the local public sector structure involves a trade-off between efficiency and equity. - Reproduced.
650			_aUrban development
650			_aLocal government
773			_aAmerican Review of Public Administration
909			_a111681
999			_c111676 _d111676