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Scale economies in local public administration
| Content Provider | Scilit |
|---|---|
| Author | Bikker, Jacob Linde, Daan Van Der |
| Copyright Year | 2016 |
| Description | A renewed interest in decentralisation has profoundly affected local public governance around the world. Faced with an increasing number of tasks, Dutch municipalities have recently sought physical centralisation, merging into larger jurisdictions in order to target new policy areas more effectively and cost efficiently. Is such a policy of physical centralisation wise? We study economies of scale in local public administration, and find – given transfer payments from central government and current cooperation between municipalities and after controlling for geographical, demographic and socioeconomic variables – substantial unused scale economies of 17% for the average municipality. Between 2005 and 2014 the optimum size of municipalities increases from around 49,000 to 66,260 inhabitants, pointing at an increased importance of fixed costs relative to variable costs in local public administration. |
| Related Links | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/03003930.2016.1146139?needAccess=true |
| Ending Page | 463 |
| Page Count | 23 |
| Starting Page | 441 |
| ISSN | 03003930 |
| e-ISSN | 17439388 |
| DOI | 10.1080/03003930.2016.1146139 |
| Journal | Local Government Studies |
| Issue Number | 3 |
| Volume Number | 42 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited |
| Publisher Date | 2016-03-02 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Journal: Local Government Studies Public Administration Fiscal Federalism Decentralisation Local Public Administration Municipalities Scale Economies |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Sociology and Political Science Development |
