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100			_aSwianiewicz, Pawel _910072
245			_aIs small beautiful? the quasi-experimental analysis of territorial fragmentation on costs in polish local governments
260			_bUrban Affairs Review _c2019
300			_a55(3), May, 2019: p.832-855.
520			_aDebates on the impact of size of subnational jurisdiction on the costs of public-service delivery have a very long tradition, but results are still far from conclusive. This article applies a quasi-experimental scheme of the synthetic control method for Polish municipal fragmentation to analyze the impact of territorial reform on administrative spending as well as on the operating surplus of the budget. Earlier studies using similar methods focused on amalgamation reforms, so the study of territorial fragmentation is an important new contribution to knowledge on scale effects. The analysis clearly confirms the existence of economy of scale in administrative services. The result for the operating surplus is less clear and more ambiguous. Results of the study are to a large extent a mirror of earlier analysis of territorial amalgamation consequences, which confirms the importance of scale for administrative costs, but not necessarily for costs of other local services. - Reproduced.
700			_aLukomska, Julita _910073
773			_aUrban Affairs Review
906			_aLocal government - Poland
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