@techreport{NBERw13350, title = "Contracting for Government Services: Theory and Evidence from U.S. Cities", author = "Jonathan Levin and Steven Tadelis", institution = "National Bureau of Economic Research", type = "Working Paper", series = "Working Paper Series", number = "13350", year = "2007", month = "August", URL = "http://www.nber.org/papers/w13350", }