摘　要：

莱克伍德市作为美国郊区自治型城市的典范，其最早提出的莱克伍德法案首开城市政府公共服务外包的先河。由其发展而来的“合同城市”模式是指将公共服务放入市场后，主体城市通过与赢得了竞争的市场主体之间签订合同来实行城市行政管理。该模式运用市场竞争，巧妙地降低了主体城市的服务成本，最大限度地维护了市民利益，同时也使参与竞争的市场主体受益。“合同城市”模式自诞生以来，不仅为美国地方城市管理带来了创新，同时也在很大程度上改变了美国的区域结构。正处于发展与改革阶段的中国城市，可因地制宜地学习借鉴“合同城市”模式的经验，规避其局限，从被动发展走向主动竞争。

Abstract：

As a model for self-government in the US suburbs , Lakewood was famous for the Lakewood Plan which first pro-posed the government to outsource muni-cipal services. “Contract city“ mode, which developed the idea of the Lakewood Plan, refers to a kind of admin-istration, which is carried out by the contract that signed betweena city and a market player who has won the market competition after the public service was put into the market. With market competition, the mode cleverly reduced the service cost of the main city, maxi-mized the safeguard of citizens’ interests, and benefitted the market player who won the market com-petition. Since the birth of “Contract city” mode, not only has it brought innovation to the US local govern-ment manage-ment, but also changed the regional structure to a great extent. Cities of China, which are in the period of develop-ing and reforming, should adjust measures to local conditions, learn the effectiveness of “contract city“ model and notice the limits. Sequentially, cities of China will convert their future from passive development into active competition.

关键词：

合同城市；莱克伍德法案；公共服务外包；公共抉择经济学；郊区化；美国

Keywords：

Contract City; Lakewood Plan; Municipal Service OutsourcingPublic Choice Economics; Suburbanization; America;