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Does Broader-Based Local Government affect Expenditure on Public Long-Term Care Insurance? The Case of Japan

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  • Haruaki Hirota

    (Graduate School of Economics, Osaka University)

  • Hideo Yunoue

    (Osaka School of International Public Policy, Osaka University)

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This paper considers the possible effects of broader-based local government, especially extended associations, in Japanese local public finance. We mainly analyze scale effects in public long-term care insurance expenditure, with our results indicating a U shaped expenditure structure. We also show that expenditures associated with extended associations decrease more rapidly than ordinary municipal expenditures. These findings suggest that expenditure of appropriate population size extended associations larger than single municipality.

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  • Haruaki Hirota & Hideo Yunoue, 2008. "Does Broader-Based Local Government affect Expenditure on Public Long-Term Care Insurance? The Case of Japan," Discussion Papers in Economics and Business 08-34, Osaka University, Graduate School of Economics.
    • Handle: RePEc:osk:wpaper:0834
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    1. Nakanishi, Miharu & Nakashima, Taeko & Honda, Tatsuo, 2010. "Disparities in systems development for elder abuse prevention among municipalities in Japan: Implications for strategies to help municipalities develop community systems," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 71(2), pages 400-404, July.
    2. Hirota, Haruaki & Yunoue, Hideo, 2011. "平成の大合併と歳出削減‐類似団体別市町村財政指数表を用いた実証分析‐ [Municipal mergers and local government expenditure. Evidence from Categorized Data of Japanese Municipalities]," MPRA Paper 37484, University Library of Munich, Germany.

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    • H73 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - Interjurisdictional Differentials and Their Effects
    • H75 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - State and Local Government: Health, Education, and Welfare
    • H83 - Public Economics - - Miscellaneous Issues - - - Public Administration

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