scholarly journals Agglomeration, Population Size, and the Cost of Providing Public Services: An Empirical Analysis for German States

2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thiess Buettner ◽  
Robert Schwager ◽  
Dan Stegarescu
Keyword(s):  
Population Size ◽  
Empirical Analysis ◽  
Public Services ◽  
German States ◽  
The Cost

Urban Sprawl and the Cost of Public Services

2003 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 503-522 ◽  
Author(s):  
John I Carruthers ◽  
Gudmundur F Ulfarsson
Keyword(s):  
Urban Development ◽  
Empirical Analysis ◽  
Urban Sprawl ◽  
Public Services ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Property Value ◽  
Development Patterns ◽  
Time Period ◽  
The Cost

One of the principle criticisms of urban sprawl is that it undermines the cost-effective provision of public services. In this paper the authors examine whether or not this is true through an exploratory analysis of the influence that alternative development patterns have on twelve measures of public expenditure: total direct, capital facilities, roadways, other transportation, sewerage, trash collection, housing and community development, police protection, fire protection, parks, education, and libraries. The objectives of the analysis are threefold. First, the authors, through a background discussion, provide a brief overview of previous research on the relationship between urban development patterns and the cost of public services. Second, through empirical analysis, they examine how the character of urban development affects per capita public outlays in a cross-section of 283 metropolitan counties during the 1982–92 time period. A separate equation is estimated for each measure of expenditure, providing substantive evidence on how density, the spatial extent of urbanized land area, property value, and political fragmentation affect the cost of services. Finally, the authors use the results of the empirical analysis to develop a set of policy recommendations and directions for future research.

I Don't Care to Belong to Any Club That Will Have Me as a Member: Empirical Analysis of Municipal Mergers

2013 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 97-117 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tuukka Saarimaa ◽  
Janne Tukiainen
Keyword(s):  
Population Size ◽  
Empirical Analysis ◽  
Economies Of Scale ◽  
Empirical Work ◽  
Local Public Goods ◽  
Local Democracy ◽  
Public Goods Provision ◽  
Trade Off ◽  
Voter Preferences ◽  
Fiscal Pressure

The efficiencyof local public goods provision and the functioning of local democracy crucially depend on the size and number of local jurisdictions. This article empirically analyzes voluntary municipal mergers in Finland. Our main focus is on aspects that have been somewhat neglected in prior empirical work: whether local democracy considerations, representation and voter preferences are involved in shaping the resulting municipal structure. The main results imply that some municipalities are forced to merge due to fiscal pressure and have to trade off political power to be accepted by their partners. The study also finds that the median voter's distance from services matters, while population size does not. The latter, somewhat surprising, observation is possibly explained by existing municipal co-operation, which already exhausts potential economies of scale.

scholarly journals RISK OF OVERINVESTMENT IN MUNICIPALITIES

2017 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 63-71 ◽  
Author(s):  
Łukasz Satoła
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Public Services ◽  
Financial Resources ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Business Activity ◽  
Benefit Analysis ◽  
Resources Management ◽  
Public Resources ◽  
Cost And Benefit Analysis ◽  
The Cost

This article describes investment activities of self-government territorial units. Its aim is to present the importance of investments for the provision of public services by municipalities. The opinions of the respondents about the causes of excessive or misguided investments and the ways of reducing their scale were presented. Surveys were conducted in 2015 and the temporal scope of the analysis is 2009–2014. The importance of investments for the provision of public services, shaping the living conditions of inhabitants, and conducting business activity were described. Based on that, overinvestment was identified as a negative trend in public resources management. The most frequent causes of excessive investment are megalomania of the municipality authorities and their desire to gain the support of the inhabitants (voters). Another important aspect is the lack of sufficient social control in the decision-making process regarding investment tasks execution. It was also demonstrated that overinvestment is due to the purpose of spending financial resources, not to the relative amount of investment expenses. Among the actions preventing excessive or misguided investments, the cost and benefit analysis was indicated the most often. Using strategic planning tools is also beneficial for the effectiveness of investing in self-government.

scholarly journals Solving Delete Free Planning with Relaxed Decision Diagram Based Heuristics

2020 ◽  
Vol 67 ◽  
pp. 607-651
Author(s):  
Margarita Paz Castro ◽  
Chiara Piacentini ◽  
Andre Augusto Cire ◽  
J. Christopher Beck
Keyword(s):  
Linear Programming ◽  
Empirical Analysis ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
The State ◽  
Decision Diagrams ◽  
Binary Decision ◽  
Admissible Heuristics ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Construction Algorithms ◽  
Diagram Representation

We investigate the use of relaxed decision diagrams (DDs) for computing admissible heuristics for the cost-optimal delete-free planning (DFP) problem. Our main contributions are the introduction of two novel DD encodings for a DFP task: a multivalued decision diagram that includes the sequencing aspect of the problem and a binary decision diagram representation of its sequential relaxation. We present construction algorithms for each DD that leverage these different perspectives of the DFP task and provide theoretical and empirical analyses of the associated heuristics. We further show that relaxed DDs can be used beyond heuristic computation to extract delete-free plans, find action landmarks, and identify redundant actions. Our empirical analysis shows that while DD-based heuristics trail the state of the art, even small relaxed DDs are competitive with the linear programming heuristic for the DFP task, thus, revealing novel ways of designing admissible heuristics.

scholarly journals Analisis Standar Belanja Kegiatan Penyediaan Alat Tulis Kantor Pada Pemerintah Kota Sungai Penuh

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 62-79
Author(s):  
Rina Widyanti
Keyword(s):  
Public Services ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
City Government ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Fiscal Year ◽  
Protective Services ◽  
Government Services ◽  
Performance Budgeting ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Simple Regression

Analysis of Expense Standards (ASB) is a guideline used to analyze the reasonableness of workload or cost of each activity undertaken by the Unit (SKPD) in one fiscal year. The purpose of this research is to develop ASB especially for activity provision of stationery (ATK). The data used in this research is secondary data obtained from the DPA-SKPD Sungai Penuh City government. The primary data of interviews with leaders and some of the staff as well as the relevant officials. Data analysis method used is a simple regression. Simple regression analysis is a method of forecasting which will predict the cost standards for ATK activities. This activity is affected by the triggering factors (cost drivers) is the amount of activity. The results of this study in the form of equations where the standard shopping ASB ATK influenced by the activity of providing fixed expenditure and expenditure variables. Shopping variable for this activity is influenced by the amount of activity. To create a model for the analysis of expenditure standard ATK activity is grouped into nine (9) functions of government services consisting of the economic service./unction, the function of health care, educational services, protective services, public services, tourism services and security, public services and housing facilities, service districts, and village services. Verify the reasonableness of calculations based on the formulation of the model ASB shopping on 9 functions of government services shows that the value of expenditure contained in each DPA SKPD can be approved based on the criteria of fairness shopping. However, there are obstacles in the processing of data in the form of data on some SKPDs DPA form the basis of ASB which included incomplete and the allocation of its budget is too high thus affecting the results of the formulation ASB. It is hoped that this study provides an overview to the team of local government budgets to increase performance budgeting in the future.

Turnout

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan Bendor ◽  
Daniel Diermeier ◽  
David A. Siegel ◽  
Michael M. Ting
Keyword(s):  
Population Size ◽  
Rational Choice Theory ◽  
Choice Theory ◽  
Comparative Statics ◽  
Electoral Participation ◽  
Basic Model ◽  
Empirically Supported ◽  
Game Theoretic ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Cost Of Voting

This chapter focuses on voter participation, perhaps the most well-known anomaly for rational choice theory. The problem goes like this: in large electorates, the chance that any single voter will be pivotal is very small. Consequently, the cost of voting will outweigh the expected gains from turning out and few citizens will vote. This prediction is not consistent with some of the most easily observed facts about elections. The chapter introduces a basic model of electoral participation that focuses on voters’ turnout decisions under fixed candidate platforms. Contrary to the “paradox of turnout” raised by game-theoretic models of turnout, the model consistently generates realistically high levels of turnout. It also produces comparative statics, including those for voting cost, population size, and faction size, that are intuitive and empirically supported.

The Cost Disease of Public Services

2015 ◽  
pp. 30-43
Author(s):  
Rögnvaldur Hannesson
Keyword(s):  
Public Services ◽  
Cost Disease ◽  
The Cost

scholarly journals Estimating the Cost of Equity Capital: An Empirical Analysis in the Tunisian Context

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mejda Dakhlaoui ◽  
Marjène Rabah Gana
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Analysis ◽  
Equity Capital ◽  
Cost Of Equity Capital ◽  
Cost Of Equity ◽  
The Cost

The Relationship Between Population Size and Contracting Out Public Services

2015 ◽  
Vol 52 (3) ◽  
pp. 348-390 ◽  
Author(s):  
Søren Kjær Foged
Keyword(s):  
Population Size ◽  
Public Services ◽  
Contracting Out ◽  
The Relationship

scholarly journals Who prefers the ‘cost-effectiveness ratio’ prioritization approach in health-care decisions? Results of an empirical analysis

2014 ◽  
Vol 18 (6) ◽  
pp. 2413-2424 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathrin Damm ◽  
Anne Prenzler ◽  
Andy Zuchandke
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Cost Effectiveness ◽  
Empirical Analysis ◽  
Cost Effectiveness Ratio ◽  
Health Care Decisions ◽  
The Cost
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