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Title: | Economies of Scale and Local Government Expenditure: Evidence From Australia | Contributor(s): | Drew, Joseph (author)![]() |
Publication Date: | 2014 | DOI: | 10.1177/0095399712469191 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/15485 | Abstract: | Controversy surrounds structural reform in local government, especially efforts aimed at involuntarily reducing the number of local authorities to secure scale economies. We examined whether scale economies exist in local government outlays by analyzing the expenditure of 152 New South Wales councils. Initially, council expenditure is characterized by scale economies. However, given the correlation between population and population density, it is important to determine whether the influence of population on expenditure is due to variations in population density. When areas are decomposed into subgroups on the basis of density, the evidence of scale economies largely disappears. | Publication Type: | Journal Article | Source of Publication: | Administration & Society, 46(6), p. 632-653 | Publisher: | Sage Publications, Inc | Place of Publication: | United States of America | ISSN: | 1552-3039 0095-3997 |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 160509 Public Administration | Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: | 440708 Public administration | Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 940204 Public Services Policy Advice and Analysis | Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: | 230204 Public services policy advice and analysis | Peer Reviewed: | Yes | HERDC Category Description: | C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal |
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