Political representation and effects of municipal mergers

被引：29

作者：

Harjunen, Oskari ^{[1
,2
]}

Saarimaa, Tuukka ^{[3
,4
,5
]}

Tukiainen, Janne ^{[6
,7
]}

机构：

[1] Aalto Univ, Sch Business, POB 5500, Helsinki 00099, Finland

[2] City Helsinki Urban Res & Stat, POB 5500, Helsinki 00099, Finland

[3] Aalto Univ, Sch Business, POB 21210, FI-02150 Espoo, Finland

[4] Helsinki Grad Sch Econ, Sch Engn, POB 21210, FI-02150 Espoo, Finland

[5] VATT Inst Econ Res, POB 21210, FI-02150 Espoo, Finland

[6] London Sch Econ & Polit Sci, Dept Govt, POB 1279,Arkadiankatu 7, FI-00101 Helsinki, Finland

[7] VATT Inst Econ Res, POB 1279,Arkadiankatu 7, FI-00101 Helsinki, Finland

来源：

POLITICAL SCIENCE RESEARCH AND METHODS | 2021年 / 9卷 / 01期

关键词：

Difference-in-differences; municipal mergers; political representation; regional inequality; JURISDICTION SIZE; MODEL; DEMOCRACY; BEHAVIOR; COSTS;

D O I：

10.1017/psrm.2019.17

中图分类号：

D0 [政治学、政治理论];

学科分类号：

0302 ; 030201 ;

摘要：

We study the effects of municipal mergers using novel geocoded data on local public sector jobs and local politicians' place of residence. We find that the mergers had no effects on municipal expenditures overall after eight years. However, the mergers led to highly unequal geographic political representation in the post-merger councils among the merged municipalities. Small and politically marginalized municipalities experienced a substantial reduction in local public jobs in administration and health and social care services relative to the municipalities with stronger representation. Development of house prices suggests that the quality of the service-tax bundle deteriorated in these politically marginalized municipalities.

引用

页码：72 / 88

页数：17

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