title: The Tiebout hypothesis of voting with one's feet:  a look at the most recent evidence.
abstract: Data for the United States for the period 1970-1977 are used to examine the Tiebout hypothesis of "voting with one's feet", which involves geographic movement to express one's preferenes for public goods.  The findings "indicate that white consumer-voters over the period 1970-1977 did in fact vote with their feet with respect to welfare, public education, and property taxation; futhermore, the results presented...are entirely compatible with those of earlier periods (the 1950's and 1960's)."
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Cebula
mesh_terms: D000569:Americas; D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D003906:Developing Countries; D004467:Economics; D004493:Education; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005376:Financial Management; D005380:Financing, Government; D005843:Geography; D018803:Models, Economic; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009656:North America; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D011632:Public Assistance; D012106:Research; D012942:Social Sciences; D012946:Social Welfare; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014481:United States; D044465:White People
keywords: Americas; Demographic Factors; Demography; Developed Countries; Developing Countries; Economic Factors; Economic Model; Education; Financial Activities; Financing, Government; Geographic Factors; Migration; Migration, Internal; Models, Theoretical; North America; Northern America; Population; Population Dynamics; Population Theory; Public Assistance; Research Methodology; Social Sciences; Social Welfare; Socioeconomic Factors; United States; Whites