The influence of government structure on the efficient allocation of public resources
is examined A test developed by Brueckner is used to examine differences in the
allocative efficiency of representative versus direct democracy forms of local
government. The empirical results suggest that the form of government has no
influence on the level of allocative efficiency.
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