Do municipal amalgamations work? Evidence from municipalities in Israel

Business & Economics

• Municipalities 81%
• Israel 78%
• Economies of Scale 46%
• Selection Bias 38%
• Level of Service 26%
• Difference-in-differences 25%
• Empirical Evidence 24%
• Public Services 23%
• Wisdom 22%
• Residents 21%
• Rationale 20%
• Fiscal 19%
• Panel Data 18%
• Developed Countries 17%
• Expenditure 17%
• Methodology 12%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• economy of scale 100%
• municipality 68%
• panel data 46%
• public service 45%
• developed country 39%
• expenditure 37%
• public 24%
• services 23%
• policy 22%
• methodology 21%

Social Sciences

• amalgamation 95%
• municipality 64%
• Israel 61%
• evidence 30%
• reform 21%
• economy 15%
• Public officials 14%
• wisdom 11%
• expenditures 10%
• Israeli 10%
• public service 10%
• resident 8%
• methodology 6%
• trend 6%
• literature 5%