This study introduces a novel production network model to analyze how digital
transformation influences different sectors within the government. Unlike previous research …

Inter-municipal cooperation, where two or more local governments jointly provide one or
more public services across their jurisdictions, is an increasingly prevalent mode of public …

Addressing environmental challenges is crucial for mitigating and adapting to the
consequences of climate change. The existing literature investigates whether government …

Collaboration is a commonly prescribed method of public service improvement. If
collaboration fails, blame is typically ascribed to transaction costs, organizational inertia, or …

Inter‐municipal cooperation is often regarded as an alternative to privatizing local public
services. But cooperation and privatization can also be combined into a dual reform …

Decentralized implementation of means‐tested social assistance programs requires
significant organizational capacity among local governments. For other types of local public …

We contribute to the limited knowledge of the consequences of municipal splits by
estimating how break‐ups of seven Swedish municipalities affected per capita expenditures …

This study examines the impact of amalgamation reforms on workload and digital
governance within Armenian local authorities, against a backdrop of decentralization and …

This book assesses the challenges faced by local governments when deciding on the
location of public services. Some physical signs of government presence are vital and …

Merged municipalities create unequal opportunities for sub‐municipal units according to
their relative size and administrative centrality. Because electoral manifestos provide the …