Bönisch, Peter; Haug, Peter; Illy, Annette; Schreier, Lukas - 2011
literature is mixed with regard to the claimed expenditure reductions and efficiency gains from municipal mergers. We therefore … control for exogenous determinants of municipal efficiency. Our focus thereby is on institutional and fiscal variables … contrast to previous studies, we chose the aggregate budget of municipal associations (“Verwaltungsgemeinschaften”) as the …