This paper analyzes empirically the coalition formation of local governments. We introduce a novel econometric strategy involving choice based sampling from a spatial network to allow for multi-partner mergers in our empirical analysis. We apply our method to recent municipality mergers in Finland. The mergers were decided voluntarily by municipal councils but the central government promoted mergers through a subsidy scheme. Our main interest lies on the association of local politics with the merger decisions. Moreover, we are able to estimate the causal effect of the subsidy scheme on the merger decisions using a regression discontinuity design. We find that the local political environment is relevant for the merger decision making. The re...
The largest party holds more than half of the seats in every third Finnish local council and, thus, ...
Väitöskirjassa tarkastellaan tuotannontekijöiden liikkumisen syitä ja seurauksia kolmesta näkökulmas...
Political coalition formation games can describe the formation and dissolution of nations, as well a...
This paper analyzes empirically the coalition formation of local governments. We introduce a novel e...
We analyze empirically the coalition formation of local governments using a novel reduced form econo...
Abstract In 2005 the Finnish government initiated a plan to restructure municipal service production...
Even though Finland has proportional elections, single-party control in Finnish local councils is no...
We use Finnish local election voting data to analyze whether voters value local representation and a...
We analyze how (anticipated) changes in the competitiveness of the seats of municipal councilors aff...
Political leadership and interactive governance in finnish local government context This study inves...
Political leadership and interactive governance in finnish local government context This study inves...
We study the effects of municipal mergers using novel geocoded data on local public sector jobs and ...
We study the effects of municipal mergers using novel geocoded data on local public sector jobs and ...
Väitöskirjassa tarkastellaan tuotannontekijöiden liikkumisen syitä ja seurauksia kolmesta näkökulmas...
We analyze whether voters value local political representation by exploiting municipal mergers, whic...
The largest party holds more than half of the seats in every third Finnish local council and, thus, ...
Väitöskirjassa tarkastellaan tuotannontekijöiden liikkumisen syitä ja seurauksia kolmesta näkökulmas...
Political coalition formation games can describe the formation and dissolution of nations, as well a...
This paper analyzes empirically the coalition formation of local governments. We introduce a novel e...
We analyze empirically the coalition formation of local governments using a novel reduced form econo...
Abstract In 2005 the Finnish government initiated a plan to restructure municipal service production...
Even though Finland has proportional elections, single-party control in Finnish local councils is no...
We use Finnish local election voting data to analyze whether voters value local representation and a...
We analyze how (anticipated) changes in the competitiveness of the seats of municipal councilors aff...
Political leadership and interactive governance in finnish local government context This study inves...
Political leadership and interactive governance in finnish local government context This study inves...
We study the effects of municipal mergers using novel geocoded data on local public sector jobs and ...
We study the effects of municipal mergers using novel geocoded data on local public sector jobs and ...
Väitöskirjassa tarkastellaan tuotannontekijöiden liikkumisen syitä ja seurauksia kolmesta näkökulmas...
We analyze whether voters value local political representation by exploiting municipal mergers, whic...
The largest party holds more than half of the seats in every third Finnish local council and, thus, ...
Väitöskirjassa tarkastellaan tuotannontekijöiden liikkumisen syitä ja seurauksia kolmesta näkökulmas...
Political coalition formation games can describe the formation and dissolution of nations, as well a...