Too many municipalities?

Does democracy lead to the creation of too many municipalities? We analyze this issue within the context of the Alesina e Spolaore (1997) model where the quality of municipal services deteriorates with the distance from the center of a municipality. Individuals can vote in a referendum to split an e...

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Autor principal: Dahlby, Bev
Outros Autores: Tribunal Superior Eleitoral
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: English
Publicado em: 2018
Assuntos:
Municípios
Criação
Referendo
Voto
Brasil
Eleitor
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spelling oai:bdjur.stj.jus.br.teste5:oai:localhost:bdtse-43492020-06-02 Too many municipalities? Dahlby, Bev Tribunal Superior Eleitoral Municípios Criação Referendo Voto Brasil Eleitor Does democracy lead to the creation of too many municipalities? We analyze this issue within the context of the Alesina e Spolaore (1997) model where the quality of municipal services deteriorates with the distance from the center of a municipality. Individuals can vote in a referendum to split an existing municipality. We show that social welfare will decline when municipalities are split if the level of the public service, as chosen by the median voter, is lower in the new smaller municipalities. In general, the model indicates that there may be a democratic bias in favour of creating too many municipalities. Democracia leva à criação de muitos municípios? Este assunto é analisado com base no modelo Alesina e Spolaore (1997) onde a qualidade dos serviços municipais pioram devido à distância do centro municipal. Sendo assim, habitantes são levados a decidir, através de voto, pela divisão de um município existente em outros novos municípios. Quando um município é dividido, o bem-estar social também irá deteriorar se o nível do serviço público escolhido pelos eleitores para os novos municípios é ruim. Em geral, o modelo indica que a tendência democrática pode favorecer à criação de muitos municípios. 1. Introduction; 2. The Provision of a Public Service in a Single Municipality; 3. The Decision to Divide a Municipality; 4. The Optimal Number of Municipalities; 5. Conclusion. 2018-03-07T21:16:06Z 2018-03-07T21:16:06Z 2011 Artigo DAHLBY, Bev. Too many municipalities? Revista Brasileira de Economia (RBE), Rio de Janeiro, v. 65, n. 1, p. 23-32, jan./mar. 2011. http://bibliotecadigital.tse.jus.br/xmlui/handle/bdtse/4349 en <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.pt_BR"><img alt="Licença Creative Commons" style="border-width:0" src="https://i.creativecommons.org/l/by-nc-nd/4.0/88x31.png" /></a><br />Este item está licenciado com uma Licença <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.pt_BR">Creative Commons Atribuição-NãoComercial-SemDerivações 4.0 Internacional</a>. 10 p.
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topic Municípios
Criação
Referendo
Voto
Brasil
Eleitor
spellingShingle Municípios
Criação
Referendo
Voto
Brasil
Eleitor
Dahlby, Bev
Too many municipalities?
description Does democracy lead to the creation of too many municipalities? We analyze this issue within the context of the Alesina e Spolaore (1997) model where the quality of municipal services deteriorates with the distance from the center of a municipality. Individuals can vote in a referendum to split an existing municipality. We show that social welfare will decline when municipalities are split if the level of the public service, as chosen by the median voter, is lower in the new smaller municipalities. In general, the model indicates that there may be a democratic bias in favour of creating too many municipalities.
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