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social science subjects > economics > applied economics > urban economics > Tiebout hypothesis
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Tiebout hypothesis  

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  • A 1956 article by Charles Tiebout proposed a two-part hypothesis about a system of local governments. The first part is that households decide where to live based in part on communities' service-tax packages. [Source: Encyclopedia of Urban Studies; Tiebout Hypothesis]

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  • Tiebout migration

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