Municipal Mergers and Special Provisions of Local Council Members in Japan
Datos Bibliográficos
| ID | 6172410 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Haruaki Hirota (0000-0002-0978-8629, Nagoya University of Commerce and Business), Hideo Yunoue (0000-0002-7831-0266, Chiba University of Commerce) |
| Año | 2014 |
| Volumen | 40 |
| Número | 3-4 |
| Páginas | 96-116 |
| Fecha de publicación | 2014-10-02 |
| Open Access | No |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Revista | The Japanese Political Economy (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores de la revista | ISSN: 2329-1958 • E-ISSN: 2329-194X |
| Editorial | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/2329194x.2014.1006453 |
| OpenAlex | W2003199313 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citas recibidas | 5 |
| Referencias citadas | 18 |
The number of municipalities in Japan decreased from 3,232 in 1999 to 1,820 in 2006 due to municipal mergers (heisei-no-daigappei). This article studies the political choices made by local council members during municipal mergers. In Japan, local council membership is a full-time job with veto power over the local administration. Because council members receive high wages, they would like to keep their seats. Municipal mergers affect their jobs because the central government can treat merging local governments preferentially or impose penalties on them. Our results show that the size of a municipality affects whether special provisions will be applied for its local council members. The political power of the national government also affects municipality merger decisions. The application of special conditions transfers a fiscal burden to the entire country under the national system of local allocation tax grants. Our results show that municipalities choosing to apply the special provisions receive benefits from other municipalities without any additional costs. Hence, the central government’s policy on municipal mergers induces a fiscal common-pool problem in Japan
Administration (probate law · Business · Central government · Economic policy · Economics · Government (linguistics · Local government · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Public economics · Veto · Fiscal Policies and Political Economy · Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth · Law · Local Government Finance and Decentralization · Public Administration · Finance
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| Citas por año | 0,56 |
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| Intervalo de citas | 2017 - 2026 (10) |
| Altamente citado | No |