Determinants of Charter County Decisions: An Event History Analysis of Florida Counties
研究了佛罗里达州县采用特许自治章程的决定因素，发现人口、经济和政治因素影响县政府的改革决策，对理解地方政府制度变迁有参考价值。
The establishment of a county charter, or “home-rule” provision, is intended to remove the resolution of local problems from the state legislature’s busy agenda and give the county greater control over its regional affairs. Although the literature has paid significant attention to the institutional determinants of local city structure and reform, little is understood about how and why a county would reform its governing system. For example, not all counties able to adopt a charter do so, nor are all adoption attempts successful. Using an event history analysis approach and data of Florida counties from 1973 through 2008, we draw on the theory of constitutional contracts to determine the demographic, economic, and political determinants of charter adoption.