Municipal population size and the benefits of inter-municipal cooperation: panel data evidence from Japan
Municipal population size and the benefits of inter-municipal cooperation: panel data evidence from Japan
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DOI：
10.1080/03003930.2019.1624257
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发表时间：
2019-06-02
影响因子：
1.9
通讯作者：
Asami, Yasushi
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作者：
Baba, Hiroki;Asami, Yasushi
日本的市际合作促进了公共服务的有效提供。这项研究衡量了市政当局通过IMC获得的利益如何根据市政人口规模和服务提供类型而有所不同。该研究以公共卫生和消防服务为重点，采用了2012-2017年五年期间日本1，706个城市的面板数据回归。这项研究有几个主要发现。首先，增加IMC的支出比例减少了公共支出的研究服务。第二，国际货币基金组织的边际效应因城市人口规模而异。更具体地说，IMC对公共卫生的边际效应具有较窄的置信区间，具有广泛的人口规模，而IMC对消防的边际效应由于广泛的标准误差仅在151个城市产生负值。这些发现可以帮助市政当局利用IMC来改善公共服务的提供。
Japan Intermunicipal cooperation (IMC) facilitates efficient public service delivery. This study measures how the benefits municipalities gain through IMC differ according to municipal population size and service provision type. Focusing on public health and fire protection services, this study employs panel data regression for 1,706 Japanese municipalities over a five-year period, 2012-2017. This study has several major findings. First, an increase in the IMC spending ratio reduces public spending in both the studied services. Second, the marginal effect of IMC varies depending on the size of the municipal population. More specifically, the marginal effect of IMC on public health has a narrow confidence interval with a wide ranging population scale, while the marginal effect of IMC on fire protection produces negative values for only 151 municipalities due to extensive standard error. These findings can help municipalities take advantage of IMC to improve public service delivery.