Economies of Scale on the Municipal Level: Fact or Fiction in the Czech Republic?

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

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Nalezeny alternativní kódy

RIV/00216224:14560/17:00094879

Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://www.degruyter.com/view/j/nispa.2017.10.issue-1/nispa-2017-0002/nispa-2017-0002.xml" target="_blank" >https://www.degruyter.com/view/j/nispa.2017.10.issue-1/nispa-2017-0002/nispa-2017-0002.xml</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1515/nispa-2017-0002" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1515/nispa-2017-0002</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Economies of Scale on the Municipal Level: Fact or Fiction in the Czech Republic?

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Many countries have carried out extensive amalgamation-related territorial reforms at the level of local self-government and created relatively large municipalities. The Czech Republic is one of the few remaining European countries with a fragmented territorial structure. There is a lot of discussion in the country about the need for amalgamation, but this discussion is mainly based on political arguments rather than on empirical evidence about the feasibility of amalgamation and its potential to improve local government performance. This paper analyses economies of scale on the local level as a factor that should be reflected in debates about the pros and cons of amalgamation in the Czech Republic. To add to the existing knowledge about the reality of economies of scale on the municipal level in the Czech Republic, we processed the municipal costs of three selected areas on a representative sample of municipalities in the South Moravian Region. The analysis showed that economies of scale can be identified for collecting local fees and for pre-school and elementary education, but not for local administration. Our results suggest that the existence of too small municipalities in the Czech Republic results in inefficiencies and should be addressed.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Economies of Scale on the Municipal Level: Fact or Fiction in the Czech Republic?

Popis výsledku anglicky

Many countries have carried out extensive amalgamation-related territorial reforms at the level of local self-government and created relatively large municipalities. The Czech Republic is one of the few remaining European countries with a fragmented territorial structure. There is a lot of discussion in the country about the need for amalgamation, but this discussion is mainly based on political arguments rather than on empirical evidence about the feasibility of amalgamation and its potential to improve local government performance. This paper analyses economies of scale on the local level as a factor that should be reflected in debates about the pros and cons of amalgamation in the Czech Republic. To add to the existing knowledge about the reality of economies of scale on the municipal level in the Czech Republic, we processed the municipal costs of three selected areas on a representative sample of municipalities in the South Moravian Region. The analysis showed that economies of scale can be identified for collecting local fees and for pre-school and elementary education, but not for local administration. Our results suggest that the existence of too small municipalities in the Czech Republic results in inefficiencies and should be addressed.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

50201 - Economic Theory

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/GA16-13119S" target="_blank" >GA16-13119S: Řízení výkonnosti ve veřejné správě - teorie vs. praxe v České republice a v jiných zemích střední a východní Evropy</a><br>

Návaznosti

V - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z jinych verejnych zdroju

Rok uplatnění

2017

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

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

Název periodika

NISPAcee Journal of Public Administration and Policy

ISSN

1337-9038

e-ISSN

1338-4309

Svazek periodika

10

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

1

Stát vydavatele periodika

SK - Slovenská republika

Počet stran výsledku

23

Strana od-do

39-61

Kód UT WoS článku

000414632700002

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

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