Municipal amalgamation reforms have been advocated as ways to improve efficiency,
reduce costs, and enhance capacity in local government service provision. Research on the …

Recent years have brought increasing number of publications empirically assessing
outcomes of territorial reforms. This paper provides a systematic review of 31 studies from 14 …

This paper offers a systematic literature review of the studies investigating the impacts of
municipal amalgamations. These are presented and discussed by distinguishing five …

Arguments invoking increased functional efficiency have had a profound impact on local
government reforms in advanced democracies during the past 60 years. Consequently, most …

Higher levels of government motivate municipal consolidations as a tool to increase
efficiency in the local government sector, yet research shows that consolidations typically fail …

The purpose of this paper is to reveal the kinds of public investment that create a fiscal
common pool problem through municipal mergers in Japan. In particular, we focus on …

This study deals with the governance and performance of utility companies following
mergers in local government organizations (LGOs). It is demonstrated by using the …

The purpose of this paper is to identify the fiscal effects of public official training after
municipal mergers. We apply propensity score matching with the difference-in-differences …

Municipal mergers are an important policy question in many countries, but empirical
evidence on the effect of municipal mergers on the production of municipal budget …

In Greece, one of the oldest institutions is the one that concerns the local government. These
organizations are critical for the country's administration and structure, as each local …