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Exploring the Horizontal and Vertical Dimensions of the Governing of Metropolitan Regions – Governance affects the long-term competitiveness of the metropolitan economy.

September 28, 2004 /

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A metropolitan region does not have formal institutional structures such as nations, states, and
cities, but it is a system that can be conceptualized and studied as a whole. The study of metropolitan
areas too often ignores the dynamic relationships at the intersection of state and local governments.
This study suggests a two-dimensional typology of governance in metropolitan regions.

DAVID K. HAMILTON
Roosevelt University

DAVID Y. MILLER
University of Pittsburgh

JERRY PAYTAS
Carnegie Mellon University

The authors found that governance affects the long-term competitiveness of the metropolitan
economy. Governance does not determine economic outcomes but reduces the ability to adapt.
The worst combination for metropolitan competitiveness is decentralization within regions
where there is a centralized state government.

http://uar.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/40/2/147