The economic impact of city–county consolidations: a synthetic control approach

Hall, Joshua C.; Matti, Josh; Zhou, Yang

doi:10.1007/s11127-019-00699-z

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“…In many ways, these consolidations are the pinnacle of the government reform movement by drastically reducing the number of general-purpose governments in a county (in the ideal consolidation, a reduction to one local government). In general, these find no evidence that city-county consolidation drives economic development (Carr et al, 2006;Carr & Feiock, 1999, 2004Feiock & Carr, 1997;Hall et al, 2019;Savitch et al, 2010). Overall, these analyses provide little evidence the government reform perspective leads to economic growth; however, these studies are largely unable to shed light on the polycentric perspective as they only study a particular government reform.…”

Section: Government Reformmentioning

confidence: 96%

Political fragmentation and economic growth in U.S. metropolitan areas

Goodman

2020

Journal of Urban Affairs

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This paper analyzes the impact of local political fragmentation on population, employment, and per capita money income growth in 314 U.S. metropolitan areas. The results are mixed. Smaller central cities and more special district overlap are important for population growth. The findings do not generalize to employment or per capita money income growth. These findings mask important regional variation: political fragmentation is largely unrelated to economic growth in Midwestern and Western metropolitan areas. These results partially support the hypothesis that governmental fragmentation can enhance local economic growth; however, the overall impact appears muted relative to a metropolitan area's economic characteristics.

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Section: Government Reformmentioning

confidence: 96%

Political fragmentation and economic growth in U.S. metropolitan areas

Goodman

2020

Journal of Urban Affairs

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“…3 Other papers that investigate the economic effects of territorial reforms also apply the SCM approach see Roesel (2017), Dalmazzo, de Blasio, and Poy (2018) and Hall, Matti, and Zhou (2020).…”

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confidence: 99%

The Economic Impact of State Splitting in Brazil

Lima

2020

The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis &Amp; Policy

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The Brazilian state of Tocantins was splinted from the state of Goiás in 1988. This was the most recent first-tier subnational border reform in Brazil and involved an area that corresponds to 7.6% of the whole national territory. Using the synthetic control method, this paper estimates that the split increased the per capita GDP of the affected region by an average of 8.26%, and the positive effect persisted over the years. Additionally, we show that the Tocantins benefited more from the border reform than Goiás, and the increase of fiscal capacity of affected subnational governments may partially explain the positive effects of splitting.

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“…Third, existing literature on the centralization of human services is yet to reach a conclusive result (Hall, Matti, & Zhou, 2017). Some scholars find that consolidation is an efficient way to deliver services because large regional organizations take advantage of economies of scale, specialization, and standardization (especially with regard to human resources and information technology; Hall et al, 2017). A Note.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…larger agency can also facilitate cooperation between different counties and reduce socially inefficient competition (Hall et al, 2017). In addition, consolidation may expand the type of services available to seniors in a given region.…”

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The Impact of Consolidating AAA on the Delivery of HCBS: Evidence From Iowa

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In this study, the authors evaluate the 2013 consolidation of Iowa’s Area Agencies on Aging (AAA) on the delivery of home and community-based services (HCBS) to older adults in the state. A mixed-methods approach combined a quasi-experimental design using longitudinal service delivery data with qualitative analyses of surveys and interviews with AAA staff and clients. Overall, consolidation had no detectable effect on the proportion of older adults served by the AAAs. Subgroup analysis showed that consolidation increased the average proportion of older adults served in nonmetropolitan counties and the proportion served through congregate meals. AAA staff and clients described both positive and negative aspects of consolidation: better collaboration across agencies, improved consistency in services, significant challenges with completing consolidation processes, and serving expanded geographic areas. As the American population ages and budgetary allocations tighten, findings from this evaluation can inform other states considering similar restructuring efforts.

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The economic impact of city–county consolidations: a synthetic control approach

Cited by 42 publications

References 56 publications

Political fragmentation and economic growth in U.S. metropolitan areas

Political fragmentation and economic growth in U.S. metropolitan areas

The Economic Impact of State Splitting in Brazil

The Impact of Consolidating AAA on the Delivery of HCBS: Evidence From Iowa

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