Joining forces or going solo? The political and economic dynamics of intermunicipal cooperation

The suboptimal size of municipalities is often a challenge for service delivery due to scale limitations. Intermunicipal cooperation has expanded as an alternative to top-down amalgamations, offering a more flexible and typically voluntary approach. Many studies have been devoted to understanding th...

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Autores: Bel i Queralt, Germà, 1963-, Pano, Esther, Sebö, Marianna
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2025
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
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Palabra clave:Serveis públics
Cooperació intergovernamental
Administració local
Public utilities
Intergovernmental cooperation
Local government
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spelling Joining forces or going solo? The political and economic dynamics of intermunicipal cooperationBel i Queralt, Germà, 1963-Pano, EstherSebö, MariannaServeis públicsCooperació intergovernamentalAdministració localPublic utilitiesIntergovernmental cooperationLocal governmentThe suboptimal size of municipalities is often a challenge for service delivery due to scale limitations. Intermunicipal cooperation has expanded as an alternative to top-down amalgamations, offering a more flexible and typically voluntary approach. Many studies have been devoted to understanding the driving factors of intermunicipal cooperation, providing static empirical evidence on the characteristics of cooperating municipalities. This article contributes to the literature with a dynamic analysis of the drivers of cooperation, using a Cox proportional hazards model over a long period and a very large sample of municipalities in Catalonia. This dynamic analysis unravels the direction of the causal relationship in complex relationships such as fiscal restrictions or political legitimation with cooperation. Furthermore, as we have data from eight relevant local services, we improve both the theoretical and empirical analysis of cooperation dynamics based on the characteristics of the services.Cambridge University Press (CUP)2025202520252025info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion26 p.application/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2445/224886Articles publicats en revistes (Ciència Política, Dret Constitucional i Filosofia del Dret)reponame:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunyainstname:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)InglésReproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0143814X25100718Journal of Public Policy, 2025, vol. 45, num.4, p. 659-685https://doi.org/10.1017/S0143814X25100718cc-by (c) Bel i Queralt, Germà, 1963-, 2025http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:recercat.cat:2445/2248862026-05-29T05:05:01Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Joining forces or going solo? The political and economic dynamics of intermunicipal cooperation
title Joining forces or going solo? The political and economic dynamics of intermunicipal cooperation
spellingShingle Joining forces or going solo? The political and economic dynamics of intermunicipal cooperation
Bel i Queralt, Germà, 1963-
Serveis públics
Cooperació intergovernamental
Administració local
Public utilities
Intergovernmental cooperation
Local government
title_short Joining forces or going solo? The political and economic dynamics of intermunicipal cooperation
title_full Joining forces or going solo? The political and economic dynamics of intermunicipal cooperation
title_fullStr Joining forces or going solo? The political and economic dynamics of intermunicipal cooperation
title_full_unstemmed Joining forces or going solo? The political and economic dynamics of intermunicipal cooperation
title_sort Joining forces or going solo? The political and economic dynamics of intermunicipal cooperation
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Bel i Queralt, Germà, 1963-
Pano, Esther
Sebö, Marianna
author Bel i Queralt, Germà, 1963-
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Pano, Esther
Sebö, Marianna
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Sebö, Marianna
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Serveis públics
Cooperació intergovernamental
Administració local
Public utilities
Intergovernmental cooperation
Local government
topic Serveis públics
Cooperació intergovernamental
Administració local
Public utilities
Intergovernmental cooperation
Local government
description The suboptimal size of municipalities is often a challenge for service delivery due to scale limitations. Intermunicipal cooperation has expanded as an alternative to top-down amalgamations, offering a more flexible and typically voluntary approach. Many studies have been devoted to understanding the driving factors of intermunicipal cooperation, providing static empirical evidence on the characteristics of cooperating municipalities. This article contributes to the literature with a dynamic analysis of the drivers of cooperation, using a Cox proportional hazards model over a long period and a very large sample of municipalities in Catalonia. This dynamic analysis unravels the direction of the causal relationship in complex relationships such as fiscal restrictions or political legitimation with cooperation. Furthermore, as we have data from eight relevant local services, we improve both the theoretical and empirical analysis of cooperation dynamics based on the characteristics of the services.
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