Description
Not all citizens seek to extract a free lunch from government by demanding more services at the same time that they eschew taxes. It is possible to gather the insights of an representative and informed citizenry in sophisticated and reliable form. Citizen Participation in Resource Allocation explores the means to obtaining informed insight from ci
Table of Contents
Introduction -- Theoretical and Historical Context of Public Participation -- Contemporary Techniques for Citizen Involvement -- How Do Citizens Balance the Budget? -- How Fiscal Information and Service Use Influence Citizen Preferences -- Conclusions: Lessons for Governments -- BOB (Build Your Own Budget) Survey -- Ivory Survey -- Blue Survey -- OLS Regression Coefficients—Services -- OLS Regression Coefficients—Taxes -- Logistic Regression Coefficients—Services -- Logistic Regression Coefficients—Taxes
