Community Choice and Local Public Services: A Discrete Choice Approach / Thomas J. Nechyba, Robert P. Strauss.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nechyba, Thomas J.

Contributor:

National Bureau of Economic Research.

Strauss, Robert P.

Series:

Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w5966.

NBER working paper series no. w5966

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);

Other Title:

Community Choice and Local Public Services

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 1997.

Summary:

This paper uses a discrete choice approach to estimate the impact of local fiscal and other variables on individual community choices. It employs a combination of a unique micro data set composed of ninety percent of all homeowners in six school districts in Camden County, New Jersey and information on local community characteristics including local crime rates, commercial activity and distance from a metropolitan area. The empirical model implies that all these variables as well as the local per pupil spending on public education and community entry prices' play a major part in explaining the location of individual households. Estimates of elasticities of the probabilities of a representative individual choosing a particular community with respect to the various variables are calculated and discussed.

Notes:

Print version record

March 1997.