Does size matter? Evidence from municipal splits
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| ID | 21353029 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Gissur Ó Erlingsson (0000-0003-2323-9092, Centre for Local Government Studies Linköping University), Jonas Klarin (Department of Economics and UCFS Uppsala University), Eva Mörk (0000-0002-3944-603X, Uppsala University, autor correspondente) |
| Ano | 2024 |
| Volume | 64 |
| Fascículo | 3 |
| Páginas | 700-731 |
| Data de publicação | 2024-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sim |
| Open Access | Sim |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Periódico | Journal of Regional Science (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores do periódico | ISSN: 0022-4146 • E-ISSN: 1467-9787 |
| Editora | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/jors.12679 |
| OpenAlex | W4391780948 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citações recebidas | 3 |
| Referências citadas | 35 |
We contribute to the limited knowledge of the consequences of municipal splits by estimating how break‐ups of seven Swedish municipalities affected per capita expenditures. To predict what would have happened had the break‐ups not taken place, we apply the matrix completion method with nuclear norm minimization. We find that smaller municipalities not necessarily imply higher per capita expenditures. Instead, expenditures increase in some cases, are unaffected in others, and in others, decrease. The results point to the complex nature of territorial reforms and underscore the perils of policy recommendations that take uniform outcomes of either amalgamations or break‐ups for granted
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| Citações por ano | 3 |
| Intervalo de citações | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Velocidade de citação | current |
| Altamente citado | Não |
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