Determinants of Public Services Provision in Rural Communities: Evidence from Voting on Hospital Referenda
采用公共选择分析框架，研究农村居民对医院公投的投票行为，帮助理解居民为何支持低入住率的农村医院，并预测反对关闭这些设施的力量。
Abstract There has been considerable recent research regarding the determinants of consumer demand for collectively provided goods, but relatively little of this research has focused on rural areas or issues that are particularly important to rural residents. In this paper, a public choice analytical framework is adopted to analyze voting behavior on rural hospital referenda. The results of the analysis aid in understanding support given by rural residents to low occupancy, rural hospitals and in predicting opposition to public sector efforts to close such facilities.