Across the developed world, the last 50 years have seen a dramatic wave of municipal
mergers, often motivated by a quest for economies of scale. Re-examining the theoretical …

The search for the optimal size of political systems is one of the most enduring in political
thought. Given the validity of arguments for and against small units, one might expect …

Amalgamating municipalities carries risks in terms of public expenditure control. The tax
base of the new amalgamated municipality represents a common pool resource. The …

Many OECD countries have amalgamated their municipalities during the last couple of
decades. For decisions concerning future territorial rescaling, it is crucial to augment the …

Dieses Lehrbuch soll in das Studium der öffentlichen Verwaltung in vergleichender
Perspektive einführen und einen Überblick über Verwaltungssysteme und …

Im Zuge der wirtschaftlichen und sozialen Globalisierung nimmt die Tendenz zu, den
öffentlichen Sektor, und damit auch die Kommunen, auf die so genannten Kernfunktionen zu …

Abstract In selecting the United Kingdom/England, Germany, Sweden, France, Italy, Spain
and Hungary as comparative cases, and in focusing on three institutional tracks (local …

Scholarship abounds on the importance of city‐regions to regional and national prosperity,
and to the wider global economy. But little is known about their capacity to function as …

This article is meant to take a noteworthy step towards conceptually promoting the
evaluation of institutional reform policies in the sub-national space. It aims to apply pertinent …

Das Lehrbuch gibt einen aktuellen Uberblick uber Verwaltungsreformen in Deutschland.
Warum Scheitern vielversprechende Verwaltungsreformen, wie das New Public …