Does Inter-Municipal Cooperation Really Reduce Delivery Costs? An Empirical Evaluation of the Role of Scale Economies, Transaction Costs, and Governance Arrangements

Keyphrases

• Economies of Scale 100%
• Delivery Cost 100%
• Transaction Costs 100%
• Governance Arrangements 100%
• Transaction Governance 100%
• Inter-municipal Cooperation 100%
• Regression Analysis 25%
• Service Delivery 25%
• Associated Costs 25%
• Cost Savings 25%
• Measurability 25%
• Cost Advantage 25%
• Small Populations 25%
• Population Size 25%
• Local Authorities 25%
• Public Service Delivery 25%
• Higher Tier 25%
• Public Service Provision 25%
• Asset Specificity 25%
• Cost-based 25%

Economics, Econometrics and Finance

• Transaction Costs 100%
• Returns to Scale 100%
• Service Delivery 50%
• Public Service 50%
• Economies of Scale 25%
• Meta-Regression 25%

Social Sciences

• Economies of Scale 100%
• Transaction Cost 100%
• Health Care Delivery 50%
• Public Utilities 50%
• Cost Saving 25%