01630pab a2200181 454500008004000000100002700040245009800067260000900165300001500174362001200189520103200201650002101233700002601254773003301280909001101313999001901324952010501343180718b2015   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aAvellaneda, Claudia N.  aIs small beautiful? testing the direct and nonlinear effects of size on municipal performance  c2015  ap.137-149.  aJan-Feb  aAlthough 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  aLocal government  aGomes, Ricardo Correa  aPublic Administration Review  a108341  c108336d108336  00104070aIIPAbIIPAd2018-07-19hVolume no: 75, Issue no: 1pAR108801r2018-07-19w2018-07-19yAR