by Eugenio Vaccari | Dec 21, 2024 | Local authorities, Local government, Municipal financial distress, Municipal merger, UK
Dr. Eugenio Vaccari (Senior Lecturer at Royal Holloway, University of London) explores the key proposals and implications of the English Devolution White Paper, published on 16 December 2024. Highlighting the financial pressures faced by local authorities and the lack...
by rpafdaccess | Sep 27, 2024 | Financial distress, Municipal merger, Tax
Author: Hikaru OGAWA, Taiki SUSA This paper shares the interests on the design of municipal borders with the latter and aims to provide further insight into the endogenous determination of municipal borders when countries face market integration in a global economy....
by rpafdaccess | Sep 27, 2024 | Common pool problem, Financial distress, Free-ride behaviours, Municipal merger
Author: Tsuyoshi GOTO, Sandra SEKGETLE, Takashi KURAMOTOT Employing South African data and Difference-In-Difference (DID) method, this paper investigates whether the free-ride behaviour was taken by municipalities which faced their mergers before the municipal...
by rpafdaccess | Sep 27, 2024 | Japan, Municipal merger, Remote-sensing data, Urban-rural divide
Author: Steve PICKERING, Seiki TANAKA, Kyohei YAMADA How are resources distributed when administrative units merge? We take advantage of recent, large-scale municipal mergers in Japan to systematically study the impact of municipal mergers within merged municipalities...
by rpafdaccess | Sep 27, 2024 | Financial distress, Local government, Municipal merger
Author: Mkhululi NCUBE, Jabulile MONNAKGOTLA The majority of South African municipalities facing the challenges of unemployment, poverty and weak infrastructure are in rural areas. To fulfil their mandate, they depend significantly on financial transfers. This is...
