Is Small Beautiful? The Quasi-experimental Analysis of the Impact of Territorial Fragmentation on Costs in Polish Local Governments
Datos Bibliográficos
| ID | 6403872 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Paweł Swianiewicz (0000-0002-1890-6738, University of Warsaw, Warszawa, Poland, autor de correspondencia), Julita Łukomska (0000-0003-3796-7314, University of Warsaw, Warszawa, Poland) |
| Año | 2019 |
| Volumen | 55 |
| Número | 3 |
| Páginas | 832-855 |
| Fecha de publicación | 2019-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sí |
| Open Access | Sí |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Revista | Urban Affairs Review (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores de la revista | ISSN: 1078-0874 • E-ISSN: 1552-8332 |
| Editorial | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1078087417744676 |
| OpenAlex | W2771380303 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citas recibidas | 12 |
| Referencias citadas | 47 |
Debates on the impact of size of subnational jurisdiction on the costs of public-service delivery have a very long tradition, but results are still far from conclusive. This article applies a quasi-experimental scheme of the synthetic control method for Polish municipal fragmentation to analyze the impact of territorial reform on administrative spending as well as on the operating surplus of the budget. Earlier studies using similar methods focused on amalgamation reforms, so the study of territorial fragmentation is an important new contribution to knowledge on scale effects. The analysis clearly confirms the existence of economy of scale in administrative services. The result for the operating surplus is less clear and more ambiguous. Results of the study are to a large extent a mirror of earlier analysis of territorial amalgamation consequences, which confirms the importance of scale for administrative costs, but not necessarily for costs of other local services
Business · Economics · Economies of scale · Fragmentation (computing · Geography · Jurisdiction · Microeconomics · Political science · Public economics · Regional science · Scale (ratio · Economic and Fiscal Studies · Law · Local Governance and Planning · Local Government Finance and Decentralization · Public Administration
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| Obras citantes distintas | 12 |
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| Citas por año | 1,5 |
| Intervalo de citas | 2018 - 2026 (9) |
| Velocidad de citación | current |
| Altamente citado | No |
| Tipos de cita | Neutras: 12 |