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Illinois Special Districts Per Capita, 2017

Jan 25, 2023

 

Illinois Special Districts Per Capita, 2017

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Florida is dissolving the Reedy Creek Improvement District, home of Disney World. What happens next is anyone’s guess.

Apr 28, 2022

I recently had the pleasure of writing a blog post for the London School of Economic’s US Centre Blog. It covers a recent controversy about the Reedy Creek Improvement District -- something I have a somewhat unique perspective on as a scholar of local governments and, in particular, special districts. See below for the full text of the post as well as a link to the original.

Florida is dissolving the Reedy Creek Improvement District, home of Disney World. What happens next is anyone’s guess.

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Horizontal v. Vertical Fragmentation

Jan 25, 2022

 

Horizontal v. Vertical Fragmentation

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    Working papers

    • Christopher B. Goodman and Deborah A. Carroll. “Are Special Districts Strategic Complements or Strategic Substitutes?”

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    • Christopher B. Goodman and Suzanne M. Leland. “What Lies Beneath these Creatures of the State: Understanding the Birth and Death of U.S. Local Governments”

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    • Christopher B. Goodman. “Patterns in Special District Creation and Dissolution”

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    • Christopher B. Goodman and Megan E. Hatch. “State Legislative Ideology & the Preemption of City Ordinances: The Case of Worker Rights Laws”

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    Current courses

    Public Service Performance II: Management & Data Analysis

    • Fall 2022 (asynchronous online)

    Public Revenue Analysis & Financial Management

    • Fall 2022
    • Spring 2022 (asynchronous online)

    Local Government Administration

    • Spring 2022 (asynchronous online)
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