Economies of scale in local government services: a meta analysis / Siew King Ting, Rene Villano and Brian Dollery
In this paper, a meta-regression analysis is presented by 38 empirical studies on the size of scale in various local government services. Our results show that income classification was the most important factor in determining size of scale and all selected local government services recorded decreas...
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| description | In this paper, a meta-regression analysis is presented by 38 empirical studies on the size of scale in various local government services. Our results show that income classification was the most important factor in determining size of scale and all selected local government services recorded decreasing size of scale in the recent decades, with water services exhibiting the largest decreasing size of scale. The existence of scale effects has important ramifications for local government structural reform, given the globally indifferent results of local government reorganization |
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| spelling | uitm-336092022-08-26T09:03:24Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/33609/ Economies of scale in local government services: a meta analysis / Siew King Ting, Rene Villano and Brian Dollery ijsms Ting, Siew King Villano, Rene Dollery, Brian Malaysia History of economics. History of economic theory, Including special economic schools In this paper, a meta-regression analysis is presented by 38 empirical studies on the size of scale in various local government services. Our results show that income classification was the most important factor in determining size of scale and all selected local government services recorded decreasing size of scale in the recent decades, with water services exhibiting the largest decreasing size of scale. The existence of scale effects has important ramifications for local government structural reform, given the globally indifferent results of local government reorganization Universiti Teknologi MARA Cawangan Sarawak 2018-04 Article PeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/33609/1/33609.pdf Ting, Siew King and Villano, Rene and Dollery, Brian (2018) Economies of scale in local government services: a meta analysis / Siew King Ting, Rene Villano and Brian Dollery. (2018) International Journal of Service Management and Sustainability (IJSMS) <https://ir.uitm.edu.my/view/publication/International_Journal_of_Service_Management_and_Sustainability_=28IJSMS=29.html>, 3 (1). pp. 1-28. ISSN 2550-1569 http://www.ijsmssarawak.com/ |
| spellingShingle | Malaysia History of economics. History of economic theory, Including special economic schools Ting, Siew King Villano, Rene Dollery, Brian Economies of scale in local government services: a meta analysis / Siew King Ting, Rene Villano and Brian Dollery |
| title | Economies of scale in local government services: a meta analysis / Siew King Ting, Rene Villano and Brian Dollery |
| title_full | Economies of scale in local government services: a meta analysis / Siew King Ting, Rene Villano and Brian Dollery |
| title_fullStr | Economies of scale in local government services: a meta analysis / Siew King Ting, Rene Villano and Brian Dollery |
| title_full_unstemmed | Economies of scale in local government services: a meta analysis / Siew King Ting, Rene Villano and Brian Dollery |
| title_short | Economies of scale in local government services: a meta analysis / Siew King Ting, Rene Villano and Brian Dollery |
| title_sort | economies of scale in local government services: a meta analysis / siew king ting, rene villano and brian dollery |
| topic | Malaysia History of economics. History of economic theory, Including special economic schools |
| url | https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/33609/ https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/33609/ |