Local Public Sector Reforms in Times of Crisis 2016
DOI: 10.1057/978-1-137-52548-2_2
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A Comparative Analysis of Amalgamation Reforms in Selected European Countries

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“…This effect is supported by the empirical results based on self-assessment and is consistent with international findings because larger municipalities can afford to employ more specialists and acquire more administrative expertise (Dafflon 1998;Steiner, Kaiser, and Eythórsson, forthcoming). The result, however, may be biased because the local secretaries, having kept their jobs after the merger, may be overenthusiastic about the professionalization in their administration.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 78%
“…This effect is supported by the empirical results based on self-assessment and is consistent with international findings because larger municipalities can afford to employ more specialists and acquire more administrative expertise (Dafflon 1998;Steiner, Kaiser, and Eythórsson, forthcoming). The result, however, may be biased because the local secretaries, having kept their jobs after the merger, may be overenthusiastic about the professionalization in their administration.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 78%
“…As a result, in the past decades the number of municipalities across several European countries declined. The most significant decrease can be observed in Greece (−94%) and in Belgium (−75%) (Steiner, Kaiser, and Eythórsson 2016;28ff. ; see also Table 1).…”
Section: European Contextmentioning
confidence: 97%
“…Indeed, these forms of ADA are not unique practices in China. Since the 1960s, developed countries such as Britain, Germany, and France have optimized urban management in the context of rapid urbanization through administrative division adjustment [32][33][34]. The United States also had similar city-county consolidation.…”
Section: Administrative Divisions Adjustment and City-county Mergermentioning
confidence: 99%