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2023
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53
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1189
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  • 2023 - Research.com Law and Political Science in Australia Leader Award
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  • 2022 - Research.com Law and Political Science in Australia Leader Award

Overview

Brian Dollery is affiliated with the University of New England in Australia. Their research spans multiple domains within social sciences and economics, with a particular focus on local government finance, public policy, and economic growth.

Their work is primarily situated in the fields of Social Sciences and Economics, Econometrics and Finance. More specifically, they concentrate on subfields such as Economics and Econometrics, Political Science and International Relations, Public Administration, Sociology and Political Science, and Management Science and Operations Research.

Major research topics covered by Brian Dollery include:

  • Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth
  • Local Government Finance and Decentralization
  • Public Policy and Administration Research
  • Taxation and Compliance Studies
  • Housing Market and Economics
  • Efficiency Analysis Using DEA
  • Innovations in Educational Methods

Brian Dollery has contributed to a range of research papers published in disciplinary journals. Notable recent publications include:

  • Addressing loneliness and social isolation amongst elderly people through local co-production in Japan (2020), Social Policy and Administration
  • All in the Mind: Citizen Satisfaction and Financial Performance in the Victorian Local Government System (2020), Australian Accounting Review
  • Measuring what matters in local government: a Municipality Sustainability Index (2020), Policy Studies
  • An empirical analysis of municipal efficiency and local resident satisfaction by council type in Victorian local government (2020), Australian Journal of Public Administration
  • Did amalgamation make local government more fit for the future? (2021), Australian Journal of Public Administration

The journals where Brian Dollery frequently publishes include:

  • Public Administration Quarterly
  • Local Government Studies
  • Economic Papers: A journal of applied economics and policy
  • International Journal of Education Economics and Development
  • Australian Journal of Public Administration

Collaboration is a significant aspect of their work, with frequent co-authors being:

  • Carolyn-Thi Thanh Dung Tran
  • Michael A. Kortt
  • Siew King Ting
  • Tze Wee Lai
  • Caillan Fellows

Best Publications

  • THE EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF FISCAL ILLUSION

    Brian E. Dollery;Andrew C. Worthington

  • Market Failure, Government Failure, Leadership and Public Policy

    Brian E. Dollery;Joe L. Wallis

  • Do Economies of Scale Exist in Australian Local Government? A Review of the Research Evidence1

    Joel Byrnes;Brian Dollery

  • The relative economic efficiency of urban water utilities in regional New South Wales and Victoria

    Joel Byrnes;Lin Crase;Brian Dollery;Renato Villano

  • Measuring Efficiency in Local Government: An Analysis of New South Wales Municipalities' Domestic Waste Management Function

    Andrew C. Worthington;Brian E. Dollery

  • Australian Local Government Economics

    Brian. Dollery;Andrew. Johnson;Lin. Crase

  • An empirical survey of frontier efficiency measurement techniques in local government

    Andrew Worthington;Brian Dollery

  • Is bigger local government better? An evaluation of the case for Australian municipal amalgamation programs

    Brian Edward Dollery;L Crase

  • Social economics and social capital

    Joe Wallis;Paul Killerby;Brian Dollery

  • The theory and practice of local government reform

    Brian Dollery;Lorenzo Robotti

  • ECONOMIC GROWTH AND FDI INFLOWS: A STOCHASTIC FRONTIER ANALYSIS

    Albert Wijeweera;Renato Villano;Brian Dollery

  • Social Capital and Local Government Capacity

    Joe Wallis;Brian Dollery

  • Government Failure, Social Capital and the Appropriateness of the New Zealand Model for Public Sector Reform in Developing Countries

    Joe Wallis;Brian Dollery

  • The political determination of intergovernmental grants in Australia

    Andrew C. Worthington;Brian E. Dollery

  • Efficiency Measurement in Australian Local Government: The Case of New South Wales Municipal Water Services

    Kim Woodbury;Brian Edward Dollery

  • A Conceptual Note on Scale Economies, Size Economies and Scope Economies in Australian Local Government

    Brian Dollery;Euan Fleming

  • Local government reform : a comparative analysis of advanced Anglo-American countries

    Brian Dollery;Joseph Garcea;Edward C. LeSage

  • The political economy of local government

    Brian Dollery;Joe Wallis

  • The Debate that Had to Happen But Never Did: The Changing Role of Australian Local Government

    Brian Dollery;Joe Wallis;Percy Allan

  • Councils in Cooperation: Shared Services and Australian Local Government

    Brian E Dollery;Bligh James Grant;Michael A Kortt

  • Water markets as a vehicle for water reform: the case of New South Wales

    Lin Crase;Leo O’Reilly;Brian Dollery

  • Australian local government : reform and renewal

    Brian Dollery;Neil Marshall

  • A HISTORY OF INEQUALITY IN SOUTH AFRICA, 1652–2002

    Brian Dollery

  • Local Government Reform

    Brian Dollery;Joseph Garcea;Edward C. LeSage

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew C. Worthington
Andrew C. Worthington Griffith University
Michael Lockwood
Michael Lockwood University of Tasmania
Jeff Gow
Jeff Gow University of Southern Queensland
Darryl Maybery
Darryl Maybery Monash University

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