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100	1	0	_aFrère, Quentin _eauthor
700	1	0	_a Hammadou, Hakim _eauthor
700	1	0	_a Paty, Sonia _eauthor
245	0	0	_aThe Range of Local Public Services and Population Size: Is There a “Zoo Effect” in French Jurisdictions?
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520			_aThis paper is an original contribution to the limited research on the relationship between the range of local public services and population size. Using new data on French local jurisdictions, we test the hypothesis that larger jurisdictions provide a broader range of public goods (the so-called “zoo effect,” Oates [1988]). We take advantage of the fact that, in France, many municipalities recently joined together, forming groups of municipalities (or communities) in order to achieve economies of scale. Using spatial econometrics, we find some evidence for the zoo effect in French communities. In other words, larger communities provide a broader range of services than smaller ones. The intensity of the zoo effect is higher in urban than in rural areas.
690			_aspatial econometrics
690			_aFrench jurisdictions
690			_acommunities
690			_alocal public services
690			_apopulation size
690			_azoo effect
786	0		_nRecherches économiques de Louvain | 77 | 2 | 2011-09-26 | p. 87-104 | 0770-4518
856	4	1	_uhttps://shs.cairn.info/journal-recherches-economiques-de-louvain-2011-2-page-87?lang=en&redirect-ssocas=7080
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