Municipal Mergers in New Zealand: An Empirical Analysis of the Proposed Amalgamation of Hawke’s Bay Councils

Kortt, MA; Dollery, B; Drew, J

Municipal Mergers in New Zealand: An Empirical Analysis of the Proposed Amalgamation of Hawke’s Bay Councils

Kortt, MA Dollery, B Drew, J

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Citation:: Local Government Studies, 2016, 42 (2), pp. 228 - 247
Issue Date:: 2016-03-03

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dc.contributor.author	Kortt, MA	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Dollery, B	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Drew, J https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3579-5758	en_US
dc.date.issued	2016-03-03	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Local Government Studies, 2016, 42 (2), pp. 228 - 247	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0300-3930	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/41797
dc.description.abstract	© 2015 Taylor & Francis. Abstract: Local government policymakers across the developed world have frequently employed municipal amalgamation to improve the operation of local councils, and New Zealand is no exception. This paper empirically examines claims made in Potential Costs and Savings of Local Government Reform in Hawke’s Bay that the merger of the five local authorities in the Hawke’s Bay Region of New Zealand would generate significant cost-savings. We empirically test for the existence of scale economies in a single merged Hawke’s Bay council and find that no cost-savings can be expected. This removes a key argument for a forced Hawke’s Bay amalgamation.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Local Government Studies	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1080/03003930.2015.1007133	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Political Science & Public Administration	en_US
dc.title	Municipal Mergers in New Zealand: An Empirical Analysis of the Proposed Amalgamation of Hawke’s Bay Councils	en_US
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© 2015 Taylor & Francis. Abstract: Local government policymakers across the developed world have frequently employed municipal amalgamation to improve the operation of local councils, and New Zealand is no exception. This paper empirically examines claims made in Potential Costs and Savings of Local Government Reform in Hawke’s Bay that the merger of the five local authorities in the Hawke’s Bay Region of New Zealand would generate significant cost-savings. We empirically test for the existence of scale economies in a single merged Hawke’s Bay council and find that no cost-savings can be expected. This removes a key argument for a forced Hawke’s Bay amalgamation.

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