| Metropolitan governance: Conflict, competition, and cooperation RJ Oakerson, A Steinacker, SS Post, PG Lewis, M Johnson, M Neiman, ... Georgetown University Press, 2004 | 394 | 2004 |
| On improving qualitative methods in public administration research RS Brower, MY Abolafia, JB Carr Administration & Society 32 (4), 363-397, 2000 | 348 | 2000 |
| Institutional ties, transaction costs, and external service production JB Carr, K LeRoux, M Shrestha Urban Affairs Review 44 (3), 403-427, 2009 | 233 | 2009 |
| Explaining local government cooperation on public works: Evidence from Michigan K LeRoux, JB Carr Public Works Management & Policy 12 (1), 344-358, 2007 | 205 | 2007 |
| Incentives, entrepreneurs, and boundary change: A collective action framework RC Feiock, JB Carr Urban Affairs Review 36 (3), 382-405, 2001 | 181 | 2001 |
| Metropolitan government and economic development JB Carr, RC Feiock Urban Affairs Review 34 (3), 476-488, 1999 | 165 | 1999 |
| What have we learned about the performance of council‐manager government? A review and synthesis of the research JB Carr Public administration review 75 (5), 673-689, 2015 | 158 | 2015 |
| City-County Consolidation and Its Alternatives: Reshaping the Local Government Landscape: Reshaping the Local Government Landscape JB Carr, RC Feiock Routledge, 2016 | 148 | 2016 |
| Mitigating uncertainty and risk in planning for regional preparedness: The role of bonding and bridging relationships SA Andrew, JB Carr Urban studies 50 (4), 709-724, 2013 | 121 | 2013 |
| Local government autonomy and state reliance on special district governments: A reassessment JB Carr Political Research Quarterly 59 (3), 481-492, 2006 | 111 | 2006 |
| So close, yet so far away? The effects of city size, density and growth on local civic participation AF Tavares, JB Carr Journal of urban affairs 35 (3), 283-302, 2013 | 108 | 2013 |
| The costs of cooperation: What the research tells us about managing the risks of service collaborations in the US JB Carr, CV Hawkins State and Local Government Review 45 (4), 224-239, 2013 | 87 | 2013 |
| Principled opportunism: Evidence from the organizational middle JB Carr, RS Brower Public Administration Quarterly, 109-138, 2000 | 86 | 2000 |
| A reassessment of city/county consolidation: Economic development impacts RC Feiock, JB Carr State and Local Government Review 29 (3), 166-171, 1997 | 86 | 1997 |
| Reassessing the link between city structure and fiscal policy: Is the problem poor measures of governmental structure? JB Carr, S Karuppusamy The American Review of Public Administration 40 (2), 209-228, 2010 | 84 | 2010 |
| Prospects for centralizing services in an urban county: Evidence from eight self-organized networks of local public services K LeRoux, JB Carr Journal of Urban Affairs 32 (4), 449-470, 2010 | 79 | 2010 |
| Private incentives and academic entrepreneurship: The promotion of city-county consolidation RC Feiock, JB Carr Public Administration Quarterly, 223-245, 2000 | 74 | 2000 |
| State annexation ‘Constraints’ and the frequency of nunicipal annexation JB Carr, RC Feiock Political Research Quarterly 54 (2), 459-470, 2001 | 69 | 2001 |
| Beyond ideal types of municipal structure: Adapted cities in Michigan JB Carr, S Karuppusamy The American Review of Public Administration 39 (3), 304-321, 2009 | 52 | 2009 |
| Contingent effects of municipal and county TELs on special district usage in the United States JB Carr, J Farmer Publius: The Journal of Federalism 41 (4), 709-733, 2011 | 51 | 2011 |
