Why Do Municipalities Cooperate to Provide Local Public Services? An Empirical Analysis
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6301800 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Germà Bel (0000-0002-1330-8085, Universitat de Barcelona), Xavier Fageda (0000-0001-8526-8169, Universitat de Barcelona, corresponding author), Melania Mur, Melania Mur Sangrá (0000-0001-6796-7417, Universidad de Zaragoza) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 435-454 |
| Publication date | 2013-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Local Government Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0300-3930 • E-ISSN: 1743-9388 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/03003930.2013.781024 |
| OpenAlex | W2169191910 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 46 |
| References cited | 44 |
Intermunicipal cooperation is being increasingly adopted in various countries as a part of local service delivery reforms. This paper draws on survey data from Spain’s municipalities to examine the reasons underpinning the decisions of local governments to engage in intermunicipal cooperation and privatisation. Our empirical analysis indicates that small municipalities prefer to rely on cooperation for reducing costs, while their larger counterparts prefer to privatise the delivery of services. By cooperating, scale economies can be achieved with lower transaction costs and fewer concerns for competition than is the case via private production
Business · Competition (biology · Contracting out · Economics · Economies of scale · Local government · Political science · Public economics · Scale (ratio · Service (business · Service delivery framework · Transaction cost · Underpinning · Local Government Finance and Decentralization · Public Administration · Sharing Economy and Platforms · Taxation and Compliance Studies · Finance · Marketing
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| Unique citing works | 46 |
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| Citations per year | 3,54 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2026 (14) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 45 |