Episode 179 (25 Mar 2022): Joes and Brandon discuss their recent article (in Dutch) on the policy impacts of consolidating municipalities.
The article:
https://www.mejudice.nl/artikelen/detail/herindeling-gemeente-bezint-eer-ge-begint
People vote for individuals in small municipalities: “Mensen stemmen op mensen” - StukRoodVlees
The Great Debate: Edmund Burke, Thomas Paine, and the Birth of the Right and Left:
https://www.amazon.com/Great-Debate-Edmund-Burke-Thomas/dp/0465050972
Municipal amalgamations reduce voter turnout:
https://www.coelo.nl/images/artikelen/Is_small_beautiful_Transitional_and_structural_effects_of_municipal_amalgamation_on_voter_turnout_in_local_and_national_elections.pdf
DZ's paper on Dutch water companies
https://www.kysq.org/pubs/NL-DWCs.pdf
The Ostroms' 1977 paper ("Public Economy Organization and Service Delivery")
http://hdl.handle.net/10535/732