Analysis of Induced Institutional Innovation Alternatives For Provision of Local Government Services
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An induced innovations framework was used to develop and test a model of factors affecting county government's decisions to adopt alternative service delivery methods. Size measures of population and tax base, fiscal measures of tax revenues, the share of tax base in •agriculture and access to human capital were significantly related to county use of innovations. Disciplines Economic Policy | Economic Theory | Growth and Development | Other Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration | State and Local Government Law This report is available at Iowa State University Digital Repository: http://lib.dr.iastate.edu/econ_las_staffpapers/214
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