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

Not many countries have experienced as fast a growth in the number of local governments
as has present day Indonesia. This study examines how territorial splits under new …

Title: Urban empires: cities as global rulers in the new urban world/edited by Edward
Glaeser, Karima Kourtit and Peter Nijkamp. Description: 1 Edition.| New York City …

Many OECD countries have amalgamated their municipalities during the last couple of
decades. For decisions concerning future territorial rescaling, it is crucial to augment the …

Page 1 AUSTRALIAN LOCAL GOVERNMENT ECONOMICS BRIAN DOLLERY is Professor of
Economics and Director of the Centre for Local Government at the University of New England …

The notion that 'bigger is better'has underpinned municipal structural reform policy in
Australia and led to its heavy reliance on amalgamation. Several advantages are believed to …

Do municipal amalgamations enforce or do they weaken (local) political participation? This
is an important question considering a worldwide tendency for municipalities to merge. This …

Improved fiscal management is a frequent justification for promoting boundary
consolidations. However, whether or not this is actually the case is rarely placed under …

The past few decades have witnessed a significant transformation in the composition of
Australian local government service provision away from its traditional narrow emphasis on …

Broad consensus exists in Australian policy circles on the need to enhance the efficiency of
local government. However, the question of the most appropriate model for local …