Nakazawa, Katsuyoshi; Miyashita, Tomohisa - Volkswirtschaft Abteilung, Fachbereich … - 2013
This study considers the factors behind municipality amalgamations in Japan from fiscal year 1999 to 2005 using event history analysis. We use discrete-time logit model and 21,165 parson-year data. Our findings show that the central government’s “carrot and stick” policy strongly...