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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TY - JOUR
T1 - Does intermunicipal cooperation promote efficiency gains?
T2 - Evidence from Italian municipal unions
AU - Ferraresi, Massimiliano
AU - Migali, Giuseppe
AU - Rizzo, Leonzio
N1 - 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.
PY - 2018/11
Y1 - 2018/11
N2 - 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 localpublic services. The effect is robust, persistent and increasing up to six years after entrance.
AB - 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 localpublic services. The effect is robust, persistent and increasing up to six years after entrance.
KW - municipal union cooperation
KW - public expenditure
KW - difference-in-differences
KW - matching
U2 - 10.1111/jors.12388
DO - 10.1111/jors.12388
M3 - Journal article
VL - 58
SP - 1017
EP - 1044
JO - Journal of Regional Science
JF - Journal of Regional Science
SN - 0022-4146
IS - 5
ER -