The impact of metropolitan amalgamations in Sydney on municipal financial sustainability

Drew, J; Dollery, B

The impact of metropolitan amalgamations in Sydney on municipal financial sustainability

Drew, J

Dollery, B

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Citation:: Public Money and Management, 2014, 34 (4), pp. 281 - 288
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	Dollery, B	en_US
dc.date.issued	2014-01-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Public Money and Management, 2014, 34 (4), pp. 281 - 288	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0954-0962	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/41804
dc.description.abstract	The Australian Independent Local Government Review Panel recently proposed amalgamating the majority of New South Wales (NSW) local councils in the Greater Sydney metropolitan region in order to increase municipal population size with the aim of engineering a more financially sustainable system. However, no attempt was made to determine whether there is a statistically significant association between larger population size and improved financial sustainability ratios, nor whether the proposed merged local authorities will be more financially viable. This paper addresses these critical omissions. The empirical analysis reported indicates that the proposed amalgamations will not secure enhanced financial sustainability in Greater Sydney local government. © 2014 © 2014 CIPFA.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Public Money and Management	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1080/09540962.2014.920201	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Political Science & Public Administration	en_US
dc.title	The impact of metropolitan amalgamations in Sydney on municipal financial sustainability	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
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Abstract:

The Australian Independent Local Government Review Panel recently proposed amalgamating the majority of New South Wales (NSW) local councils in the Greater Sydney metropolitan region in order to increase municipal population size with the aim of engineering a more financially sustainable system. However, no attempt was made to determine whether there is a statistically significant association between larger population size and improved financial sustainability ratios, nor whether the proposed merged local authorities will be more financially viable. This paper addresses these critical omissions. The empirical analysis reported indicates that the proposed amalgamations will not secure enhanced financial sustainability in Greater Sydney local government. © 2014 © 2014 CIPFA.

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