2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Empirical study on the theoretical model of municipal consolidation
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22730256
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Public finance/Monetary economics
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| Research Institution | Meikai University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2010 – 2012
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| Keywords | 地方財政 / 市町村合併 / 規模の経済 / 外部性の内部化 |
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| Research Abstract |
This research investigates merger decision of the municipalitiesusing the data on local referenda regarding municipal consolidation. As a result of the study, it is found that municipalities that could enjoy large economies of scale from a merger prefer consolidation, and large and small municipalities are likely to merge, whereas municipalities receiving a large proportion of unconditional grants are unlikely to merge. Also, municipalities that have suffered from large public good spillovers are shown to prefer consolidation.
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