This dataset supports a study on fiscal policy determination under council-manager and mayor-council government forms in US cities. The analysis includes cross-sectional and panel analyses of changes in government form to test predictions about public spending levels.
Use Cases
- Conduct a cross-sectional analysis comparing public spending levels between council-manager and mayor-council government forms.
- Perform a panel analysis to examine changes in public spending following transitions in government form.
- Test the theoretical prediction that expected public spending is lower under mayor-council government structures.
Strengths
- Data supports both cross-sectional and panel analysis methodologies.
- The dataset is associated with a formal theoretical framework published in an academic context (JEL H11, H72, R51).
Limitations
- The specific variables, column structure, and sample size are not described.
- Data coverage is limited to US municipalities, which may limit generalizability.
Provenance
- Source
- ICPSR Harvested Dataverse
- Collection Method
- null
- Time Range
- null
- Freshness
- null
- Geography
- US municipalities