fragmentation and productivity, and represents the first empirical analysis of how metropolitan governance structures affect this … fragmented governance structures tend to have lower levels of productivity. For a given population size, a metropolitan area with …This paper estimates agglomeration benefits based on city productivity differentials across five OECD countries …

that combines evidence on agglomeration benefits and the productivity impact of metropolitan governance structures, while … with city size but finds that cities with fragmented governance structures tend to have lower levels of productivity. This … rather than administrative boundaries. In line with the literature, the analysis confirms that city productivity increases …

that contrasts cross-country evidence on agglomeration benefits with the productivity impact of metropolitan governance … rather than administrative boundaries. The analysis finds that cities with fragmented governance structures tend to have … lower levels of productivity. The estimated elasticity for an increase in the number of local jurisdiction is 0.06, which is …