Hyytinen, Ari; Saarimaa, Tuukka; Tukiainen, Janne - In: Journal of Public Economics 120 (2014) C, pp. 193-204
We analyze how anticipated changes in the electoral vulnerability of municipal councilors affect their voting behavior over municipal mergers. The electoral vulnerability changes due to a merger because it changes the composition of political competitors and the number of available seats in the...