Is bigger local government better? An evaluation of the case for australian municipal amalgamation programs

Urban Policy and Research

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 265-275

  Dollery, Brian ^a   Crase, Lin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amalgamation; Economic efficiency; Local government

Indexed keywords

EID: 12344297231     PISSN: 08111146     EISSN: 14767244     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0811114042000269290     Document Type: Article

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