Municipality amalgamation in Japan: A survival analysis of the timings of the amalgamation process

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This paper uses survival analysis to examine the time taken to carry out municipality amalgamation in Japan in terms of both forming the amalgamation committee and completing amalgamation. The results show that municipalities that depend on local allocation tax grants as a revenue source, those that have an incentive to become a city that has special administrative discretions, and those that jointly manage local services form a committee and complete amalgamation more quickly. Further, municipalities that have high local public debt tend not to form committees. These findings show that the central government's carrot-and-stick policy has strongly influenced municipality amalgamation.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: MAGKS Joint Discussion Paper Series in Economics ; No. 38-2013

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; State and Local Budget and Expenditures ; State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations: Interjurisdictional Differentials and Their Effects ; Intergovernmental Relations; Federalism; Secession ; Finance in Urban and Rural Economies

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Nakazawa, Katsuyoshi ; Miyashita, Tomohisa
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Philipps-University Marburg, Faculty of Business Administration and Economics
• (where): Marburg
• (when): 2013

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/93515
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