Federalism, Public Choice and Local Management CapacityFootnote¹

1 An earlier version of this paper was read by Beverly Cigler. John Gargan. Richard Higgins. William McCoy, Terry Rhodes, and Gordon Whitaker. Whatever merits it has are due to their constructive help. Its warts are mine.

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