Australian Local Government EconomicsThe increasing complexities of Australian local government place onerous demands on municipal managers and oblige them to continually upgrade their skills. This book examines the economic environment of contemporary local governance. |
Contents
Structure of the book | 4 |
AUSTRALIAN LOCAL GOVERNMENT | 10 |
FINANCIAL PRESSURES | 25 |
THE ECONOMIC BASIS FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT | 42 |
LOCAL GOVERNMENT CHARGES | 60 |
LOCAL GOVERNMENT TAXATION | 77 |
INTERGOVERNMENTAL GRANTS | 96 |
POLICY ISSUES IN AUSTRALIAN LOCAL | 119 |
ECONOMIES OF SCALE IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT | 169 |
ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT | 194 |
THE PURCHASERPROVIDER SPLIT | 213 |
COST SHIFTING | 237 |
PUBLICPRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS AND MUNICIPAL | 258 |
LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND | 272 |
CONCLUSION | 285 |
NOTES | 300 |
Common terms and phrases
administrative allocative efficiency analysis approach areas argued arguments assessment Australian local government Bailey benefits capacity capita cent chapter charges competition context cost shifting decentralisation diseconomies of scale Dollery economic development economies of scale empirical evidence equity ernment example existing exit federal system fiscal federalism functions funding government taxation higher tiers income increased inefficiency infrastructure inputs instance intergovernmental grants jurisdictions legislation level of government Local Government Association ment models municipal service OECD operations optimal organisation output policymakers political population private sector problem production programs property taxes public sector purchaser-provider split range rates regional relationship responsibilities result returns to scale revenue roads role rural scale economies scope service delivery service provision Shires significant small councils social specific subsidiarity techniques theoretical tiers of government tion transaction costs unfunded mandates urban user-charges users vertical fiscal imbalance Victoria voters Worthington X-inefficiency