Changes in political boundaries aimed at devolving power to local governments are common in many countries. We examine the economic consequences of redistricting through the creation of smaller government units. Exploiting reforms that led to sharp variations in the number of government units in...

In the Netherlands, electronic service delivery has become an important issue in many municipalities. Using the Internet for service delivery is seen as an important element of e-government. Based on 2014-2016 panel-data of ICT service delivery for all Dutch municipalities, we show that there is...

Delivering public goods and services requires identifying the needs of constituents and designing policies and programs to address these needs in the hopes of attaining development. These policy and program interventions should get the appropriate budgetary allocations to be implemented and...

Abstract: Das wesentliche Anliegen des "2. Halleschen Kolloquiums zur kommunalen Wirtschaft" am 11. und 12. Oktober 2007 bestand darin, mit Hilfe einer Zusammenführung der Ergebnisse von Forschungsarbeiten aus verschiedenen Disziplinen zur Klärung der folgenden Fragen beizutragen:Lassen sich...