Municipality amalgamation in Japan: an examination using event history analysis

This study considers the factors behind municipality amalgamations in Japan from fiscal year 1999 to 2005 using event history analysis. We use discrete-time logit model and 21,165 parson-year data. Our findings show that the central government’s “carrot and stick” policy strongly influenced municipa...

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Published in:MAGKS - Joint Discussion Paper Series in Economics (Band 37-2013)
Main Authors: Nakazawa, Katsuyoshi, Miyashita, Tomohisa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Philipps-Universität Marburg 2013
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