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    Rights statement: This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Ferraresi M, Migali G, Rizzo L. Does intermunicipal cooperation promote efficiency gains? Evidence from Italian municipal unions. J Reg Sci. 2018;58:1017–1044. https://doi.org/10.1111/jors.12388 which has been published in final form at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jors.12388 This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance With Wiley Terms and Conditions for self-archiving.

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Does intermunicipal cooperation promote efficiency gains?: Evidence from Italian municipal unions

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<mark>Journal publication date</mark>11/2018
<mark>Journal</mark>Journal of Regional Science
Issue number5
Volume58
Number of pages28
Pages (from-to)1017-1044
Publication StatusPublished
Early online date13/05/18
<mark>Original language</mark>English

Abstract

Inter-municipal cooperation is a common way to provide local public services, exploit economies of scale and internalize externalities. However, little is known about possible efficiency gains. We test their existence in terms of local public expenditures reductions, by investigating the Italian experience of municipal unions. We adopt quasi-experimental methodologies using administrative data on municipalities in the Emilia Romagna region. We find that being in a municipal union reduces the total per capita current expenditures by around 5 percent, without affecting the level of local
public services. The effect is robust, persistent and increasing up to six years after entrance.

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This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Ferraresi M, Migali G, Rizzo L. Does intermunicipal cooperation promote efficiency gains? Evidence from Italian municipal unions. J Reg Sci. 2018;58:1017–1044. https://doi.org/10.1111/jors.12388 which has been published in final form at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jors.12388 This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance With Wiley Terms and Conditions for self-archiving.