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 … analyze the global efficiency of the municipalities in Saxony-Anhalt, for the first time in this context, using a double … control for exogenous determinants of municipal efficiency. Our focus thereby is on institutional and fiscal variables …