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Maintenance and building conditions in Norwegian local governments: Economic and political determinants

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  • Arnt Ove Hopland

    (Department of Economics, Norwegian University of Science and Technology)

  • Lars-Erik Borge

    (Department of Economics, Norwegian University of Science and Technology)

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The purpose of the paper is to empirically investigate the determinants of maintenance spending and building conditions in Norwegian local governments. In the popular debate there is a concern that low levels of maintenance spending leads to poor building conditions, and in the long run also to excessive costs by reducing the lifetime of the buildings. We take advantage of three different data sources to assess the facility management: i) a comprehensive measure of maintenance spending that includes work conducted by local government employees, ii) survey data for general building conditions, and iii) survey data for school building conditions. The empirical analysis shows that these indicators of facility management are affected by both economic and political factors. Low fiscal capacity, fiscal distress, and a high degree of party fragmentation are associated with low levels of maintenance and poor building conditions.

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  • Arnt Ove Hopland & Lars-Erik Borge, 2012. "Maintenance and building conditions in Norwegian local governments: Economic and political determinants," Working Paper Series 13112, Department of Economics, Norwegian University of Science and Technology.
    • Handle: RePEc:nst:samfok:13112
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    1. Arnt Hopland, 2013. "Central government control and fiscal adjustment: Norwegian evidence," Economics of Governance, Springer, vol. 14(2), pages 185-203, May.
    2. Arnt Hopland, 2014. "Voter information and electoral outcomes: the Norwegian list of shame," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 161(1), pages 233-255, October.
    3. Arnt O. Hopland & Sturla F. Kvamsdal & Leif K. Sandal, 2019. "An analysis of maintenance schedules for public facilities," Operations Research and Decisions, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Management, vol. 29(1), pages 17-35.

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