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Title: | Economies of scope in Portuguese local government using an augmented Hicks-Moorsteen approach | Contributor(s): | Caldas, Paulo (author); Ferreira, Diogo (author); Dollery, Brian (author); Marques, Rui (author) | Publication Date: | 2019 | Early Online Version: | 2018-09-10 | DOI: | 10.1080/00343404.2018.1508872 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/27321 | Abstract: | Whereas a substantial empirical literature has investigated scale economies in local government, by contrast little effort has been directed at economies of scope. To address this gap in the literature, this paper empirically examines economies of scope in 308 Portuguese local governments and the extent to which it explains differential council performance. We employ a new methodology using geometric distance functions, an augmented Hicks-Moorsteen index, and partial frontiers for (in)efficiency assessment in local government. The results demonstrate that most councils that 'externalize' service provision face diseconomies of scope, which increase in proportion to the externalization of service provision. | Publication Type: | Journal Article | Source of Publication: | Regional Studies, 53(7), p. 963-976 | Publisher: | Routledge | Place of Publication: | United Kingdom | ISSN: | 1360-0591 0034-3404 |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 140214 Public Economics- Publically Provided Goods | Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: | 380114 Public economics - publicly provided goods | 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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