Martin, Joseph; Scorsone, Eric A. - In: Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting & Financial … 23 (2011) 3, pp. 311-337
In 2001, the first municipal consolidation occurred in over 100 years in Michigan between two cities and one village in Michigan's rural Upper Peninsula, forming the City of Iron River. The three units of government combined to have a population of 3,391 within the newly incorporated boundaries....
