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INTER-MUNICIPAL COOPERATION AND COSTS: EXPECTATIONS AND EVIDENCE

Public administration (London), 2015-03, Vol.93 (1), p.52-67 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

2014 John Wiley & Sons Ltd ;Copyright Blackwell Publishing Ltd. Mar 2015 ;(c) John Wiley & Sons, 2015 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess ;ISSN: 0033-3298 ;EISSN: 1467-9299 ;DOI: 10.1111/padm.12104 ;CODEN: PUADDD

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Title:
INTER-MUNICIPAL COOPERATION AND COSTS: EXPECTATIONS AND EVIDENCE
Author: BEL, GERMÀ ; WARNER, MILDRED E.
Subjects: Administració local ; Austerity policy ; Control de costos ; Cooperation ; Cost ; Cost control ; Cost reduction ; Decentralization ; Decentralization in government ; Economies of scale ; Europe ; European Studies ; Governance ; Government and politics ; Government reorganization ; Governmental reform ; Local Government ; Location ; Management theory ; Municipal government ; Privatization ; Public administration ; Public services ; Public utilities ; Reform ; Reforma administrativa ; Saving ; Serveis públics ; Studies ; U.S.A ; United States ; United States of America
Is Part Of: Public administration (London), 2015-03, Vol.93 (1), p.52-67
Description: Austerity and fiscal crisis make the search for cost‐saving reforms in local government more critical. While cost savings from privatization have frequently proven ephemeral, inter‐municipal cooperation has been a relatively understudied reform. We analyse the literature on cost savings under cooperation and find that savings are dependent on (1) the cost structure of public services, particularly those related to scale and density economies and externalities, (2) the structure of local government (size, metropolitan location, powers granted by the nation or regional state), and (3) the governance framework at the local/regional level where cooperation varies from informal to formal. European studies give more emphasis to cost savings, while US studies focus on coordination concerns arising from the higher degree of devolution in the US local government system.
Publisher: Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Language: English
Identifier: ISSN: 0033-3298
EISSN: 1467-9299
DOI: 10.1111/padm.12104
CODEN: PUADDD
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INTER-MUNICIPAL COOPERATION AND COSTS: EXPECTATIONS AND EVIDENCE

2014 John Wiley & Sons Ltd ;Copyright Blackwell Publishing Ltd. Mar 2015 ;(c) John Wiley & Sons, 2015 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess ;ISSN: 0033-3298 ;EISSN: 1467-9299 ;DOI: 10.1111/padm.12104 ;CODEN: PUADDD

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