This paper evaluates the impact of inter-municipal cooperation on municipal efficiency in France. We exploit the “Réforme des Collectivités Territoriales” (RCT) law, approved in 2010, which forced municipalities to join an inter-municipal group (EIMC) by 2014. Focusing on Île-de-France from 2002 to 2019, we first compute municipal efficiency scores, accounting for intra- and inter-EIMC spillover effects. We then causally assess the impact of EIMC integration on municipal efficiency. We find that the RCT law increased municipal efficiency by 1.1% to 1.9%, with a stronger effect for early adopters and with increasing length of exposure.
Galli, F., Piedra-Peña, J.A., Breuillé, M., Le Gallo, J. (In stampa/Attività in corso). Is compulsory inter-municipal cooperation an efficiency booster?. REGIONAL SCIENCE AND URBAN ECONOMICS, xx, xx-xx.
Is compulsory inter-municipal cooperation an efficiency booster?
Federica Galli
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In corso di stampa
Abstract
This paper evaluates the impact of inter-municipal cooperation on municipal efficiency in France. We exploit the “Réforme des Collectivités Territoriales” (RCT) law, approved in 2010, which forced municipalities to join an inter-municipal group (EIMC) by 2014. Focusing on Île-de-France from 2002 to 2019, we first compute municipal efficiency scores, accounting for intra- and inter-EIMC spillover effects. We then causally assess the impact of EIMC integration on municipal efficiency. We find that the RCT law increased municipal efficiency by 1.1% to 1.9%, with a stronger effect for early adopters and with increasing length of exposure.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
