Do merging local governments free ride on their counterparts when facing boundary reform

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Do mergers of large local governments reduce expenditures? - Evidence from Germany using the synthetic control method (2017, unknown): “…e.g., decreases in voter turnout (Fritz and Feld 2015), reductions in satisfaction with the local government (Hansen 2015), or common pool problems (Hinnerich 2009, Saarimaa and Tukiainen 2015), net benefits of local government mergers seem to be at least very low.22 The results of Ems (2016)…”
The effects of local government amalgamation on public spending, taxation, and service levels : Evidence from 15 years of municipal consolidation (2016, unknown): “Difference-in-difference estimation has been applied in this field by Lüchinger and Stutzer (2002), Tyrefors Hinnerich (2009), Jordahl and Liang (2010), Reingewertz (2012), and Blesse and Baskaran (2013).”
Merged municipalities, higher debt: on free-riding and the common pool problem in politics (2010, unknown): “Tyrefors Hinnerich (2009) conducts a contemporary and independent study that also investigates the common pool problem in politics using an amalgamation reform.”