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The impact of intermunicipal cooperation on local public spending

Auteur(s) et Affiliation(s)

FRÈRE, Q.
CESAER (UMR 1041), INRA, AgroSup, Dijon, France
LEPRINCE, M.
CREM (UMR 6211), CNRS, Univ. of Rennes 1, Rennes, France
PATY, S.
GATE-LSE (UMR 5824), CNRS, Univ. of Lyon 2, Ecully, France


Description :
This article examines the impact of intermunicipal cooperation on local public spending, based on the French experience. Two main results are provided. First, intermunicipal cooperation has no significant impact on the level of municipal public spending, which suggests that cooperation does not achieve its goal of reducing municipal spending by the sharing of local responsibilities. Second, there are no spending interactions between municipalities belonging to the same intermunicipal community. This is in line with the goal assigned to cooperation in terms of internalisation of spatial externalities. However, the results show that benefit spillovers remain highly significant outside intermunicipal communities.


Type de document :
Article de périodique

Source :
Urban studies (Harlow), issn : 0042-0980, 2014, vol. 51, n°. 8, p. 1741-1760, nombre de pages : 20, Références bibliographiques : 1 p.

Date :
2014

Editeur :
Pays édition : Royaume-Uni, Harlow, Longman Group

Langue :
Anglais
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