iTH structural reforms no longer commanding center stage in the debate over solu tions to regional problems, many scholars have turned their attention to the study of infor mal mechanisms for achieving coordination in fragmented regions. One such mechanism, the interlocal service agreement, has become the subject of much recent attention among metropolitan governance scholars (Feiock 2007; Thurmaier and Wood 2002; Savitch and Vogel 2000; Frederickson 1999). The flexibil ity of interlocal agreements makes them one of the most widely used tools for managing spillover effects and capturing economies of scale. With more than half of cities and coun
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Kelly LeRoux (2008) studied this question.