Do municipal mergers reduce public expenditure? Evidence from the MTE approach
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- Tsuyoshi Goto, 2023. "Do municipal mergers reduce public expenditure? Evidence from the MTE approach," Economics Bulletin, AccessEcon, vol. 43(3), pages 1366-1376.
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Marginal treatment effect; Municipal merger; Cost reduction;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- H72 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - State and Local Budget and Expenditures
- H73 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - Interjurisdictional Differentials and Their Effects
- H77 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - Intergovernmental Relations; Federalism
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-URE-2022-10-10 (Urban and Real Estate Economics)
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