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dc.contributor.author | Dollery, Brian E | en |
dc.contributor.author | Byrnes, Joel David | en |
dc.contributor.author | Crase, L | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2009-05-21T12:15:00Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2008 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Australasian Journal of Regional Studies, 14(2), p. 167-175 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 1324-0935 | en |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/1655 | - |
dc.description.abstract | A common argument advanced by proponents of Australian local council amalgamation proposals is that 'bigger is cheaper' due inter alia to the existence of substantial economies of scale in local council service provision. This argument typically asserts that local councils with larger populations can provide municipal services at lower costs per unit of output than local authorities with smaller population bases, thereby conflating population size with the theoretically distinct concept of scale economies. This short paper examines this argument in the light of standard economic theory. We conclude that it is fallacious to use population size as a proxy for scale economies in Australian local government. | en |
dc.language | en | en |
dc.publisher | Australia and New Zealand Regional Science Association International Inc (ANZRSAI) | en |
dc.relation.ispartof | Australasian Journal of Regional Studies | en |
dc.title | Australian local government amalgamation: A conceptual analysis population size and scale economies in municipal service provision | en |
dc.type | Journal Article | en |
dc.subject.keywords | Urban and Regional Economics | en |
local.contributor.firstname | Brian E | en |
local.contributor.firstname | Joel David | en |
local.contributor.firstname | L | en |
local.subject.for2008 | 140218 Urban and Regional Economics | en |
local.subject.seo | 720299 Microeconomic issues not elsewhere classified | en |
local.profile.school | UNE Business School | en |
local.profile.school | School of Business, Economics and Public Policy | en |
local.profile.email | bdollery@une.edu.au | en |
local.output.category | C1 | en |
local.record.place | au | en |
local.record.institution | University of New England | en |
local.identifier.epublicationsrecord | pes:6157 | en |
local.publisher.place | Australia | en |
local.format.startpage | 167 | en |
local.format.endpage | 175 | en |
local.peerreviewed | Yes | en |
local.identifier.volume | 14 | en |
local.identifier.issue | 2 | en |
local.title.subtitle | A conceptual analysis population size and scale economies in municipal service provision | en |
local.contributor.lastname | Dollery | en |
local.contributor.lastname | Byrnes | en |
local.contributor.lastname | Crase | en |
dc.identifier.staff | une-id:bdollery | en |
dc.identifier.staff | une-id:jbyrnes4 | en |
local.profile.role | author | en |
local.profile.role | author | en |
local.profile.role | author | en |
local.identifier.unepublicationid | une:1714 | en |
dc.identifier.academiclevel | Academic | en |
local.title.maintitle | Australian local government amalgamation | en |
local.output.categorydescription | C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal | en |
local.relation.url | http://www.anzrsai.org/page/publications/ajrs/ | en |
local.search.author | Dollery, Brian E | en |
local.search.author | Byrnes, Joel David | en |
local.search.author | Crase, L | en |
local.uneassociation | Unknown | en |
local.year.published | 2008 | en |
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