Municipality Size and Local Public Services - Do Economies of Scale Exist?

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14560%2F14%3A00074045" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14560/14:00074045 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/nispa-2014-0007" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/nispa-2014-0007</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/nispa-2014-0007" target="_blank" >10.2478/nispa-2014-0007</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Municipality Size and Local Public Services - Do Economies of Scale Exist?

Original language description

Economies of scale are a standard topic in economic theory, frequently applied for example in the analysis of monopolies. They exist when a firm optimizing its production costs while facing some fixed costs enjoys lower per unit production costs as the production increases. Similarly to other production units municipalities have to be large enough to minimize average costs. We analysed the local public services in 205 municipalities with extended powers in the Czech Republic for the first time in this context, using regression analysis, a correlation diagram of local public services, and statistical analysis. The paper examines this issue using data from 2008 to 2012. Our analysis showed that economies of scale cannot be clearly identified for local services in municipalities with extended powers in the Czech Republic and that the size of a municipality is not a key factor influencing the provision of local services.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

AE - Management, administration and clerical work

OECD FORD branch

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Project

<a href="/en/project/GAP403%2F12%2F0366" target="_blank" >GAP403/12/0366: Identification and evaluation of region specific factors determining outcomes of reforms based on NPM ? the case of CEE</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)<br>S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2014

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

NISPAcee Journal of Public Administration and Policy : the Network of Institutes and Schools of Public Administration in Central and Eastern Europe

ISSN

1337-9038

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

VII

Issue of the periodical within the volume

2

Country of publishing house

SK - SLOVAKIA

Number of pages

21

Pages from-to

151-171

UT code for WoS article

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EID of the result in the Scopus database

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