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

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 localm allocation tax grants as a revenue source, those tha...

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Publicado no:MAGKS - Joint Discussion Paper Series in Economics (Band 38-2013)
Autoren: Nakazawa, Katsuyoshi, Miyashita, Tomohisa
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:inglês
Publicado em: Philipps-Universität Marburg 2013
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Resumo: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 localm 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.
ISSN:1867-3678
DOI:10.17192/es2024.0200