Intermunicipal Cooperation and Local Cost Efficiency: The Case of Waste Management Services in the Czech Republic

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Authors

SOUKOPOVÁ Jana KLIMOVSKÝ Daniel

Year of publication 2016
Type Article in Proceedings
Conference Proceedings of the 20th International Conference Current Trends in Public Sector Research 2016
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Faculty of Economics and Administration

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Field Management and administrative
Keywords municipalities; waste management; intermunicipal cooperation; efficiency; the Czech Republic
Description The analysis presented here follows of intermunicipal cooperation and constitutes a systematic test of impact of intermunicipal cooperation in the Czech Republic. Our empirical analysis used linked open data and data from survey of Czech municipalities to examine the dynamics of intermunicipal cooperation i nthe market of solid waste, which is one of the most relevant local services. The main objective of this contribution is to examine whether intermunicipal cooperation has an impact on waste management cost efficiency and can reduce costs on sample of 670 municipalities in the Czech Republic, specifically the South Moravian Region. Results of analysis show dependence between intermunicipal cooperation and costs and confirm the assumption that the municipalities can reduce cost through cooperation.
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