01513pab a2200169 454500 180718b2015 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d Avellaneda, Claudia N. Is small beautiful? testing the direct and nonlinear effects of size on municipal performance 2015 p.137-149. Jan-Feb Although the relationship between managerial capacity and local government performance is well established, research into the direct effect of population size on performance has yielded mixed findings. Using data for 787 municipalities in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, this article examines the direct and nonlinear effects (moderating and curvilinear) of population size on municipal performance. Performance is measured in terms of property tax collection and averaged for the 2005ﾖ07 mayoral administration. Mayor's age (a proxy for experience) and educational attainment serve as measures of managerial capacity. After controlling for political and economic factors, both municipal size and mayoral capacity are positively correlated with property tax collection. However, population size neither moderates managerial capacity nor relates curvilinearly to municipal performance. These findings challenge the promoters of fragmentation, which has been the trend in transitional and developing economies. - Reproduce Local government Gomes, Ricardo Correa Public Administration Review 108341 108336 108336 0 0 0 0 IIPA IIPA 2018-07-19 Volume no: 75, Issue no: 1 AR108801 2018-07-19 2018-07-19 AR