Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item:
https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/26575
Title: | Policy-Based Evidence Making in Local Government: The New South Wales’ Municipal Merger Program, 2011 to 2017 | Contributor(s): | Dollery, Brian (author) | Publication Date: | 2018-12 | DOI: | 10.1111/1759-3441.12231 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/26575 | Abstract: | Contemporary public policy-making relies heavily on commercial consultants for specialised advice. In this paper, we examine the problematic nature of this phenomenon by considering the controversial forced amalgamation programme in New South Wales (NSW) local government over the period 2011 to 2017. By way of a critical examination of two key consultant reports underlying the NSW municipal mergers, we show that the failure of this programme to achieve its intended aims is due in large measure to the nature of the externalised advice on which it was based and the manner in which that advice was solicited from commercial consultants. | Publication Type: | Journal Article | Source of Publication: | Economic Papers, 37(4), p. 363-373 | Publisher: | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia | Place of Publication: | Australia | ISSN: | 1759-3441 0812-0439 |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 140218 Urban and Regional Economics | Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: | 380118 Urban and regional economics | Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 910204 Industry Costs and Structure | Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: | 150504 Industry costs and structure | Peer Reviewed: | Yes | HERDC Category Description: | C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal |
---|---|
Appears in Collections: | Journal Article UNE Business School |
Files in This Item:
File | Size | Format |
---|
SCOPUSTM
Citations
5
checked on Mar 9, 2024
Page view(s)
2,066
checked on Jun 4, 2023
Download(s)
2
checked on Jun 4, 2023
Items in Research UNE are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.