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Longitudinal Effects of User Charges on the Expenditure Level of Charge-Financed Services: The Georgia Case (1985–2007)

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  • Changhoon Jung
  • Tae Ho Eom
  • Juchan Kim
  • Rui Sun

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User charges have emerged as one of the major revenue sources for many local U.S. governments since the late 1970s. Because appropriately designed user charge financing can restore a direct relationship between the service received and payment, theoretical discussions have proposed that a greater reliance on user charge financing could result in the reduction of the expenditure level of the charge-financed service compared to traditional tax financing. This study empirically tests such a possibility by examining the level of the expenditure for parks and recreation and garbage collection services in a panel of 546 Georgia cities from 1990 to 2007. The findings in this study confirm that a greater degree of user charge reliance for the two services leads to reduced expenditure, but the magnitude of the reduction effects differs slightly between services.

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  • Changhoon Jung & Tae Ho Eom & Juchan Kim & Rui Sun, 2009. "Longitudinal Effects of User Charges on the Expenditure Level of Charge-Financed Services: The Georgia Case (1985–2007)," Municipal Finance Journal, University of Chicago Press, vol. 30(3), pages 1-28.
    • Handle: RePEc:ucp:munifj:doi:10.1086/mfj30030001
    DOI: 10.1086/MFJ30030001
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