Government consolidation and economic development in Allegheny County and the city of Pittsburgh /

This report concludes that, although evidence is mixed and effects difficult to measure, consolidating the City of Pittsburgh and Allegheny County could enhance economic development by unifying leadership, improving policy direction and coordination, and sharpening economic-development initiatives....

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Main Author: Archibald, Rae W.
Other Authors: Sleeper, Sally
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Santa Monica, CA : RAND, ©2008.
©2008
Series:Technical report (Rand Corporation) ; TR-569-CACEECCG.
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505 0 |a Introduction -- City-county consolidations: history and theoretical rationales -- City-county consolidation: practitioners' and academics' views -- The economic-development case -- consolidating the city of Pittsburgh and Allegheny County -- Appendix: Interview protocol. 
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