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...University of new england school economics a conceptual note on scale economies size and scope in australian local government by brian dollery euan fleming no working paper series issn http www une edu au febl econstud wps htm copyright all rights reserved readers may make verbatim copies this document for non commercial purposes any means provided notice appears such isbn abstract the notion that bigger is better has underpinned municipal structural reform policy australia led to its heavy reliance amalgamation several advantages are believed flow from larger councils including however surprising feature debate over not only paucity empirical evidence supporting idea cheaper but also marked degree confusion between seeks ameliorate carefully distinguishing these theoretically distinct concepts institutional context key words professor director centre at associate agricultural head contact information armidale nsw email bdollery introduction state territory makers periodically seek enh...