The Benefit Equity Principle and Willingness to Pay for City Services |
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| Authors: | Bill Simonsen Mark D Robbins |
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| Institution: | Associate professor and director, Graduate Program in Public Policy and Management, Department of Planning, Public Policy and Management, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403. E-mail address: .;Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Georgia, 104 Baldwin Hall, Athens, Georgia, 30602-1615. E-mail address: . |
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| Abstract: | In 1991 and 1992, the City of Eugene, Oregon engaged in a citizen participation process to determine public support for a variety of spending and budget balancing alternatives. This process, called Eugene Decisions, employed an innovative combination of public forums, budget balancing exercises and representative surveys. Two of the surveys, which included questions about individual service use, are analyzed here in order to test whether the use of city services is related to willingness to pay taxes and fees. The concept of benefit equity is supported if service use is positively associated with willingness to pay. |
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