61 Rethinking local government: Essays on municipal reform - VATT
61 Rethinking local government: Essays on municipal reform - VATT
61 Rethinking local government: Essays on municipal reform - VATT
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3.6 Effects of the 2007 <strong>municipal</strong> <strong>reform</strong> 633.7 Challenges since 2007: C<strong>on</strong>trolling <str<strong>on</strong>g>local</str<strong>on</strong>g> expenditure 713.8 New <strong>reform</strong>s? The <str<strong>on</strong>g>government</str<strong>on</strong>g>’s 2013 evaluati<strong>on</strong> of the2007 <strong>reform</strong> 774 Merging <strong>municipal</strong>ities: Is bigger better? 83Enid Slack – Richard M. Bird4.1 Criteria for evaluating <str<strong>on</strong>g>local</str<strong>on</strong>g> governance structures 844.2. To merge or not to merge 864.3 Alternatives to <strong>municipal</strong> mergers 934.4 The case of Tor<strong>on</strong>to: Back to the future? 1034.5 Are there less<strong>on</strong>s for Finland? 1235 Do voters value <str<strong>on</strong>g>local</str<strong>on</strong>g> representati<strong>on</strong>?Strategic voting after <strong>municipal</strong> mergers 131Tuukka Saarimaa – Janne Tukiainen5.1 Introducti<strong>on</strong> 1315.2 Why <str<strong>on</strong>g>local</str<strong>on</strong>g> representati<strong>on</strong> matters? 1365.3 Instituti<strong>on</strong>al background 1385.4 Data and empirical strategy 1415.5 Descriptive analysis 1465.6 Ec<strong>on</strong>ometric results 1485.7 C<strong>on</strong>clusi<strong>on</strong>s 158
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