Economies of Scale and Local Government Expenditure: Evidence From Australia

Drew, J; Kortt, MA; Dollery, B

Economies of Scale and Local Government Expenditure: Evidence From Australia

Drew, J

Kortt, MA Dollery, B

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Citation:: Administration and Society, 2014, 46 (6), pp. 632 - 653
Issue Date:: 2014-01-01

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dc.contributor.author	Drew, J https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3579-5758	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Kortt, MA	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Dollery, B	en_US
dc.date.issued	2014-01-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Administration and Society, 2014, 46 (6), pp. 632 - 653	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0095-3997	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/41803
dc.description.abstract	Controversy surrounds structural reform in local government, especially efforts aimed at involuntarily reducing the number of local authorities to secure scale economies. We examined whether scale economies exist in local government outlays by analyzing the expenditure of 152 New South Wales councils. Initially, council expenditure is characterized by scale economies. However, given the correlation between population and population density, it is important to determine whether the influence of population on expenditure is due to variations in population density. When areas are decomposed into subgroups on the basis of density, the evidence of scale economies largely disappears. © 2012 SAGE Publications.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Administration and Society	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1177/0095399712469191	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Political Science & Public Administration	en_US
dc.title	Economies of Scale and Local Government Expenditure: Evidence From Australia	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
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Abstract:

Controversy surrounds structural reform in local government, especially efforts aimed at involuntarily reducing the number of local authorities to secure scale economies. We examined whether scale economies exist in local government outlays by analyzing the expenditure of 152 New South Wales councils. Initially, council expenditure is characterized by scale economies. However, given the correlation between population and population density, it is important to determine whether the influence of population on expenditure is due to variations in population density. When areas are decomposed into subgroups on the basis of density, the evidence of scale economies largely disappears. © 2012 SAGE Publications.

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