Administrative scale economies in local government
An empirical analysis of Sabah municipalities, 2000 to 2009
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10864121 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Siew King Ting (0000-0002-1267-4809, Universiti Teknologi MARA, MALAYSIA, corresponding author), Brian Dollery (0000-0003-2760-865X, University of New England), Renato A Villano (0000-0003-2581-6623, University of New England), Rene Villano (University of New England) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 51 |
| Issue | 13 |
| Pages | 2899-2915 |
| Publication date | 2014-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Urban Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0042-0980 • E-ISSN: 1360-063X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0042098013512873 |
| OpenAlex | W2145186199 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 15 |
| References cited | 38 |
Municipal corporate centres not only perform multiple administrative functions, including supervision, monitoring and budgeting of the overall operation of local government, but also absorb significant resources. From a public policy perspective, it is thus important to determine whether administrative scale economies exist. Adopting an econometric approach, this paper investigates administrative scale effects and the determinants of administrative intensity at the corporate level for 22 local authorities in the Malaysian state of Sabah from 2000 to 2009. Our results indicate that there is an inverted U-shaped scale effect for staff size on administrative intensity in the small urban sample, while own-source revenue is the most important factor in determining administrative intensity in all local authorities and big urban samples. Several policy recommendations are proposed
Business · Econometric analysis · Econometric model · Econometrics · Economics · Economies of scale · Geography · Government (linguistics · Local government · Political science · Public economics · Regional science · Revenue · Sample (material · Scale (ratio · State (computer science · Economic Growth and Fiscal Policies · Finance · Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth · Local Government Finance and Decentralization · Marketing · Public Administration
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| Unique citing works | 15 |
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| Citations per year | 1,5 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2026 (11) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 15 |