Nakazawa, Katsuyoshi; Miyashita, Tomohisa - In: Economics Bulletin 34 (2014) 2, pp. 627-633
This study considers the factors behind municipality amalgamation in Japan from fiscal year 1999 to 2005 by using event history analysis. We use a discrete-time logistic model and a 21,165 person-year dataset. Our findings show that the central government's carrot-and-stick policy strongly...