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Economies of Size in Highway Maintenance and Administration: A Preliminary Analysis for the Counties of New York State

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 May 2017

William G. Lesher  and
Harry P. Mapp
William G. Lesher
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics, Cornell University
Harry P. Mapp
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics, Cornell University
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“Give the government back to the people,” a popular phrase in recent months, exemplifies the concern over the proper role of the federal, state and local units of government in providing and financing public services. Constituents are frustrated by bureaucratic programs, frequently insensitive to local needs, that are initiated at higher levels of government. They are equally frustrated by the inability of units of local government to initiate and finance programs designed to satisfy the needs of the local community.

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Journal of the Northeastern Agricultural Economics Council , Volume 3 , Issue 1 , May 1974 , pp. 90 - 111
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Copyright © Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association 

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Footnotes

Helpful comments were received from E. A. Lutz, W. G. Tomek, and the reviewers of this Journal. The authors are responsible for remaining errors or omissions.

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