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Does Size Still Matter? An Empirical Analysis of the Effectiveness of Victorian Local Authorities

Joseph DrewUniversity of New England Business School, Armidale, New South Wales, AustraliaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Brian DolleryUniversity of New England Business School, Armidale, New South Wales, AustraliaView further author information
Pages 15-28 | Published online: 07 Feb 2014

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Carolyn-Thi Thanh Dung Tran & Brian Dollery. (2023) Does financial sustainability affect local resident satisfaction? The case of the Victorian local government system. Public Money & Management 43:4, pages 302-310.
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Brian Edward Dollery & Joseph James Drew. (2018) Chalk and Cheese: A Comparative Analysis of Local Government Reform Processes in New South Wales and Victoria. International Journal of Public Administration 41:11, pages 847-858.
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Brian Edward Dollery & Keiichi Yamazaki. (2018) Is Bigger Really Better? A Comparative Analysis of Municipal Mergers in Australian and Japanese Local Government. International Journal of Public Administration 41:9, pages 725-734.
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CAROLYN-THI THANH DUNG TRAN & BRIAN DOLLERY. (2022) DOES PERSISTENT COST INEFFICIENCY EXIST? A MUNICIPAL-LEVEL ANALYSIS OF EXPENDITURE IN VICTORIAN LOCAL GOVERNMENT. The Singapore Economic Review, pages 1-22.
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Tom Entwistle, Rhys Andrews & Valeria Guarneros-Meza. 2022. Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance. Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance 7805 7808 .
Subba Reddy Yarram, Brian Dollery & Carolyn-Dung Thi Thanh Tran. (2021) The impact of rate capping on local government expenditure. Policy & Politics 49:3, pages 391-411.
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Carolyn‐Dung Thi Thanh Tran & Brian Dollery. (2020) All in the Mind: Citizen Satisfaction and Financial Performance in the Victorian Local Government System. Australian Accounting Review 31:1, pages 51-64.
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Carolyn‐Dung Thi Thanh Tran & Brian Dollery. (2020) An empirical analysis of municipal efficiency and local resident satisfaction by council type in Victorian local government. Australian Journal of Public Administration 79:4, pages 531-549.
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Pawel Swianiewicz & Julita Łukomska. (2017) Is Small Beautiful? The Quasi-experimental Analysis of the Impact of Territorial Fragmentation on Costs in Polish Local Governments. Urban Affairs Review 55:3, pages 832-855.
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Tom Entwistle, Rhys Andrews & Valeria Guarneros-Meza. 2018. Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance. Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance 1 4 .
Thien Vu Tran, Joseph Drew & Masayoshi Noguchi. (2018) The Role of Revenue Volatility in Local Expenditure Volatility: A Comparison of Tokyo Metropolitan Local Governments. Economic Papers: A journal of applied economics and policy 37:4, pages 443-455.
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Joseph Drew, Brian Edward Dollery & Boyd Dirk Blackwell. (2018) A square deal? Mining costs, mining royalties and local government in New South Wales, Australia. Resources Policy 55, pages 113-122.
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Manuel Pedro Rodríguez Bolívar. 2018. Financial Sustainability and Intergenerational Equity in Local Governments. Financial Sustainability and Intergenerational Equity in Local Governments 281 291 .
Brian Dollery & Siew King Ting. (2017) Counting the cost: An analysis of the post-merger performance of the Clarence Valley Council in New South Wales. Economic Analysis and Policy 56, pages 72-78.
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Bligh Grant & Joseph DrewJoseph Drew & Bligh Grant. 2017. Local Government in Australia. Local Government in Australia 265 291 .
Brian Bell, Brian Dollery & Joseph Drew. (2016) Learning from Experience in NSW?. Economic Papers: A journal of applied economics and policy 35:2, pages 99-111.
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