Recent Research Publications

Refereed Journal Articles

  1. Silvestre, H., Marques, R., Dollery, B. E. and Moraes, A. (2023), ‘Regional Consortia and Transaction Costs for Sanitation Services in Brazil’, Utilities Policy (in print).
  2. Yamazaki, K., Dollery, B. E. and Kinoshita, Y. (2022), ‘Local Factors Sustaining Co-production: Two Case Studies from the City of Yokohama, Japan’, Journal of Urban Affairs (in print).
  3. Reddy, S. Y., Tran, C. and Dollery, B. E. (2022), ‘The Impact of Administrative Intensity on Financial Sustainability in Local Government: An Empirical Analysis of New South Wales’, Public Administration Quarterly (forthcoming).
  4. Wallace, A. and Dollery, B. E.  (2022), ‘Local Emergency Co-Production in Australia: The Case of the New South Wales Rural Fire Service’, Australasian Journal of Regional Studies (in print).
  5. Siew King Ting, Tze Wee Lai, Dollery, B. E. (2022), ‘Co-production in Local Government: Case Studies in Improving Local Livelihoods in Kuching, Sarawak’, International Journal of Public Sector Performance Management (in print).
  6. Tang, C. Kogid, M., Alin, J. and Dollery, B. E. (2022), ‘Modelling Sectoral Energy Consumption in Malaysia: Assessing the Asymmetric Effects’, Sustainability, 14.
  7. Yarram, S., Tran. C. and Dollery, B. E. (2022), ‘Administrative Intensity in Local Government: Do Administrative Scale Economies Exist in New South Wales Local Government?’, Politics & Policy (in print).
  8. Dollery, B. E. and Drew, J. (2022), ‘New South Wales State Government Failure? An Empirical Analysis of the Cootamundra Gundagai Regional Council Forced Merger’, Public Administration Quarterly (in print).
  9. Ivannikov, I., Dollery, B. E. and Bayerlein, L. (2022), ‘The Crown land accounting dilemma in New South Wales local government’, Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting & Financial Management (in print).
  10. Nanayakkara, H. and Dollery, B. E. (2022), ‘Hell or High Water? An Analysis of the Murray–Darling Basin Water Plan’, Journal of Governance & Public Policy (in print).
  11. Wright, A., Dollery, B. E., Kortt, M. and Leu, S. (2022), ‘The impact of more intensive unemployment benefit requirements on jobseekers’ likelihood of complying’, Economic Record. https://doi.org/10.1111/1475-4932.12652.
  12. Tran, C. and Dollery, B. E. (2022), ‘Does persistent cost inefficiency exist? A municipal level analysis of expenditure in Victorian local government’, Singapore Economic Review, https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8500.12421.
  13. Tran, C. and Dollery, B. E. (2022), ‘An Empirical Analysis of the Impact of Administrative Intensity on the Operational Efficiency of the Victorian State Local Government System in Australia’, Local Government Studies, https://doi.org/10.1080/03003930.2021.2023015.
  14. Drew, J., McQuestin, D. and Dollery, B. E. (2021), ‘Did Amalgamation Make Local Government More Fit for the Future? Australian Journal of Public Administration, https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8500.12530.
  15. Tran, C. and Dollery, B. E. (2022), ‘Administrative Intensity and Financial Sustainability: An Empirical Analysis of the Victorian Local Government System’, Politics & Policy (in print).
  16. Fellows, C., Tran, C. and Dollery, B. E. Is Bigger More Efficient? An Empirical Analysis of Scale Economies in Administration in South Australian Local Government’, Economic Papers, https://doi.org/10.1111/1759-3441.12327.
  17. Kinoshita, Y. and Dollery, B. E. (2021), ' Local Water Utility Reform: Case Studies from Iwate Prefecture in Northern Japan', International Journal of Public Administration, https://doi.org/10.1080/01900692.2021.1946560.
  18. Kinoshita, Y. and Dollery, B. E. (2021), 'Local co-production and food insecurity: leveraging institutional advantages of partner organisations', Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration, 43(4), 258-275.
  19. Dollery, B. E. (2021), ‘A Critical Appraisal of the Western Australian Local Government Review Panel’s Recommendations’, Economic Analysis and Policy, 71,434-438.
  20. Andrews, R. and Dollery, B. E. (2021), ‘Guest editors’ introduction: the impact of ageing and demographic change on local government’, Local Government Studies, 47(3), 355-363.
  21. Tran, C., Perez-Lopez, G. and Dollery, B. E. (2021), ‘An Empirical Examination of the Determinants of Expenditure Dispersion in South Australian Local Government’, Australasian Journal of Regional Studies, 27(1), 47-65.
  22. Kortt, M., Hogan, O. and Dollery, B. E. (2021), ‘An empirical analysis of international migrant business ownership and employment in regional Australia’, Economic Papers, https://doi.org/10.1111/1759-3441.12315.
  23. Tran, C. and Dollery, B. E. (2021), ‘Does financial sustainability affect local resident satisfaction? The case of the Victorian local government system’, Public Money & Management, https://doi.org/10.1080/09540962.2021.1987629.
  24. Tran, C. and Dollery, B. E. (2021), ‘An Empirical Analysis of Administrative Scale Economies in Victorian Local Government’, Public Administration Quarterly (in print).
  25. Bernadelli, L., Kortt, M. and Dollery, B. E. (2021), ‘An Empirical Analysis of Scale Economies in Administrative Intensity in the Parana State Local Government System in Brazil’, Sustainability (in print).
  26. Tran, C. and Dollery, B. (2021), ‘What Exogenous Factors Generate Municipal Inefficiency? An Empirical Investigation of the Determinants of Input Excess in Local Government’, Public Performance & Management Review (in print).
  27. Fellows, C. and Dollery, B. E. (2021), ‘Australian Government Failure and the VET FEE-HELP Loan Program’, International Journal of Educational Management (in print).
  28. Bernadelli, L., Dollery, B. E. and Kortt, M. (2020), 'Brazilian Municipal Expenditure and Scale Economies: Evidence from Sao Paulo', Public Administration Quarterly (in print).
  29. Wallace, A and Dollery, B. E. (2020), ‘Municipal Reponses to COVID-19: The Case of Library Closures in New South Wales Local Government’, Revista de Administração Pública (in print)
  30. Suzuki, K., Dollery, B. E. and Kortt, M. (2020), ‘Addressing Loneliness and Social Isolation Amongst Elderly People through Local Co-production in Japan’, Social Policy and Administration (in print).
  31. Wright, A., Dollery, B. E., Kortt, M. and Leu, S. (2020), 'Examining the effects of zero dollar unemployment payment penalties', Economic Record (in print).
  32. Drew, J. and Dollery, B. E. (2020), ‘The Economics and Politics of Financial (Un)sustainability in Local Government’, Public Administration Quarterly, 44(2), 160-171.
  33. Tran, C. and Dollery, B. E. (2020), ‘All in the mind: Citizen Satisfaction and financial performance in
    the Victorian local government system’, Australian Accounting Review (in print).
  34. Tran, C. and Dollery, B. E. (2020), ‘Does Municipal Efficiency Affect Citizen Satisfaction? An Empirical Analysis of Efficiency and Effectiveness in Victorian Local Government’, Public Administration Quarterly (in print).
  35. Reddy Yarram, S., Tran, C. and Dollery, B. E. (2020), ‘The Impact of Rate Capping on Local Government Expenditure’, Policy and Politics (in print).
  36. Kinoshita, Y., Dollery, B. E. and Yamazaki, K (2020), ‘Creating Institutional Advantage: Local Government Co-production with Community Groups’, Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration (in print).
  37. Wright, A. and Dollery, B. E. (2020), 'The impact of varying penalty values on compliance with unemployment payment requirements: An analysis using 2015/16 Australian national data', Australian Journal of Labour Economics (in print)
  38. Silvestre, H., Marques, R., Dollery, B. E. and Gomes de Sá, G. (2020), ‘Outsourcing through Intermunicipal Cooperation: Waste Collection and Treatment Services in Southeast Brazil,’ Public Money and Management (in print).
  39. Tran, C. and Dollery, B. E. (2020), ‘An Empirical Analysis of Municipal Efficiency and Local Resident Satisfaction by Council Type in Victorian Local Government’, Australian Journal of Public Administration (in print).
  40. Caldas, P. Dollery, B. E. and Marques, R. (2020), 'Measuring What Matters in Local Government Sustainability in a Municipal Sustainability Index', Policy Studies (in print).
  41. Malasius, M., Alin, J. and Dollery, B. E. (2020), ‘Willingness to participate in solid waste management amongst residents of Sembulan Tengah Water Village in Sabah, Malaysia’, Asian Journal of Scientific Research (in print).
  42. Dollery, B. E., Kinoshita, Y. and Yamazaki, K. (2020), ‘Humanitarian Co-production in Local Government: The Case of Natural Disaster Volunteering in Japan’, Local Government Studies (in print).
  43. Wallace, A., Dollery, B. E. and Tran, C. (2020), ‘Amalgamation in Action: Participant Perspectives on the Armidale Regional Council Merger Process’, Australian Journal of Social Issues (in print).
  44. Siew King Ting, Tze Wee Lai, Sze Wei Yong, Subramaniam, G. and Dollery, B. E. (2020), ‘Short video clip production on learning performance: Evidence from university students’, International Journal of Innovation and Learning (in print).
  45. Tran, C. and Dollery, B. E. (2020), ‘Council type and the determinants of municipal expenditure: A semiparametric analysis of South Australian local government’, Australian Journal of Public Administration (in print).
  46. Tran, C. and Dollery, B. E. (2020),‘Examining efficiency differentials by council type in South Australian local government: An environmentally adjusted meta-frontier data envelopment approach’, Public Administration Quarterly (in print).
  47. Bernadelli, L., Kortt, M. and Dollery, B. E. (2019), ‘Economies of Scale and Brazilian Local Government Expenditure: Evidence from the State of Paraná’, Local Government Studies (in print).
  48. Silvestre, H., Correira, A. M., Marques, R. and Dollery, B. E. (2019), 'Shared Services in Brazilian Local Government: Urban Development in Small Counties', Public Administration (in print).
  49. Caldas, P., Ferreira, D., Dollery, B. E. and Marques, R. (2019), ‘Are there scale economies in urban waste and wastewater municipal services? A non-radial input-oriented model applied to the Portuguese local government', Journal of Cleaner Production, 219: 531-539
  50. McQuestin, D., Drew, J. and Dollery, B. E. (2019), 'Good to Share? The Pecuniary Implications of Moving to Shared Service Production for Local Government Services', Public Administration (in print).
  51. Ivannikov, I. and Dollery, B. E. (2018), ‘Accounting problems in infrastructure asset valuation and depreciation in New South Wales local government’, Australian Accounting Review (in print).
  52. Simmons, P. and Dollery, B. E. (2018), ‘Explaining Gaps in Infrastructure Investment by Municipal Governments in Australia’, Singapore Economic Review (in print).
  53. Wallace, A. and Dollery, B. E. (2018), ‘Local Voices on forced mergers in small rural Australian communities: The case of the Guyra Shire Council’, International Journal of Rural Law and Policy, 1 (in print)
  54. Tran, C., Perez-Lopez, G. and Dollery, B. E. (2018), 'An Empirical Analysis of the Determinants of Per Capita Municipal Expenditure in South Australian Local Government', Public Finance and Management, 18(4).
  55. Wallace, A. and Dollery, B. E. (2018), ‘How two became one: The creation of the Armidale regional council’, Australasian Journal of Regional Studies, 24: 347-366.
  56. Dollery, B. E. (2018), ‘Policy-Based Evidence Making in Local Government: The New South Wales’ Municipal Merger Program, 2011 to 2017’, Economic Papers (in print).
  57. Caldas, P., Ferreira, D., Dollery, B. E. and Marques, R. (2018), ‘Economies of Scope in Portuguese Local Government Using an Augmented Hicks-Moorsteen Approach’, Regional Studies (in print).
  58. De Souza, S., Blackwell, B. and Dollery, B. E. (2018), ‘An Empirical Analysis of Mining Costs and Mining Royalties in Queensland Local Government’, Energy Economics (in print).
  59. Caldas, P., Dollery, B. E. and Marques, R. (2018), ‘Can We Put Numbers on Municipal Performance and Sustainability: A New Strategic Paradigm’, Lex Localis (in print).
  60. Siew King Ting, Villano, R. and Dollery, B. E. (2018), ‘Economies of Scale in Local Government Services: A Meta-Analysis', International Journal of Service Management and Sustainability, 3(1).
  61. Wallace, A. and Dollery, B. E. (2019), ‘Merger Melancholia: An Empirical Analysis of the Perceptions of the Residents of the Forcibly Amalgamated Manilla Shire Council’, International Journal of Public Administration , 42(11): 940-949,
  62. Tran, C., Kortt, M. A. and Dollery, B. E. (2018), 'Population Size or Population Density? An Empirical Examination of Scale Economies in South Australian Local Government, 2015/16', Local Government Studies, 45(5): 632-653.
  63. Wallace, A. and Dollery, B. E. (2018), ‘Merging Big and Small: A Cautionary Tale from Barraba’, Australasian Journal of Regional Studies (in print).
  64. Caldas, P., Ferreira, D. Dollery, B. E. and Marques, R. (2018), ‘Does Municipal Sustainability Influence the Impact of European Union Investment Programs? The Case of Portuguese Local Government’, Sustainability (in print).
  65. Caldas, P., Dollery, B. E. and Marques, R. (2018), ‘European Cohesion Policy Impact on Development and Convergence: A Local Empirical Analysis, 2000-2014’, European Planning Studies (in print).
  66. Blackwell, B.D., Dollery B.E., Fischer, A.M. and McFarlane, J.A. (2018), 'Geospatial Analyses of Local Economic Structures in the Rangeland Areas of the Northern Territory, South Australia and Western Australia', Rangeland Journal, 40, 251-262.
  67. Crase, L., Cooper, B., Dollery, B. E. and Marques, R. (2018), 'One Person's Drain Is another's Water Supply: Why Property Rights, Scope, Measurement and Hyrdology Matter when it Comes to Integrated Water Resources Management', Ecological Economics, 147, 436-441. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2018.01.036
  68. Drew, J., Dollery, B. E. and Blackwell, B.D. (2018), 'A square deal? Mining costs, mining royalties and local government in New South Wales, Australia', Resources Policy, 55, 113-122. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resourpol.2017.11.004
  69. Ting, S. K.,  Dollery, B. E and Villano, R. (2017), 'An Empirical Analysis of Administrative Economic Efficiency in Sabah Local Government: A DEA Application', International Journal of Service Management and Sustainability, 2 (2), 74-91
  70. Dollery, B. E. and Ting, S. K. (2017), 'Counting the cost: An analysis of the post-merger performance of the Clarence Valley Council in New South Wales', Economic Analysis and Policy, 56, 72-78. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eap.2017.08.008
  71. Dollery, B. E. and McQuestin, D. (2017), ‘No Panacea: Rate-Capping in South Australian Local Government’, Economic Analysis and Policy (in print).
  72. Dollery, B. E. and Drew, J. (2017), ‘Paying the Piper: A Critical Examination of ACIL Allen’s (2016) An Economic Assessment of Recasting Council Boundaries in South Australia’, Economic Analysis and Policy (in print).
  73. Blackwell, B., MacFarlane, J., Fischer, A. and Dollery, B. E. (2017), ‘‘Diversifying Cores but Stagnant Peripheries: Mining and Other Industry Employment Contributions to Development in Local Government Areas of the Northern Territory’, Economic Papers, DOI: 10.1111/1759-3441.12182
  74. Dollery, B. E. and Drew, J. D. (2016), ‘An Assessment of the New South Wales Government’s Post-Amalgamation Rate Path Freeze Policy’, Journal of Australian Taxation, 18, 143-162.
  75. Brodtkorb, T., Wallis, J. L., Dollery, B.E. and MacCarthaigh, M. (2017), 'Commissions and Local Government Reform: Expressed Leadership Identities of Commissioners in Inquiries Proposing Municipal Mergers in Northern Ireland and New South Wales', Politics and Policy, 45(2), 285-308.
  76. Drew, J. and Dollery, B.E. (2017), ‘Chalk and Cheese: A Comparative Analysis of Local Government Reform Processes in New South Wales and Victoria’, International Journal of Public Administration http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01900692.2017.1298609
  77. Dollery, B. E. and Yamazaki, K. (2017), ‘Is Bigger Really Better? A Comparative Analysis of Municipal Mergers in Australian and Japanese Local Government’, International Journal of Public Administration DOI: 10.1080/01900692.2017.1298127
  78. Valle de Souza, S., Kortt, M. and Dollery, B. E. (2017), ‘Counting the Cost: A Critical Evaluation of the Australian National Broadband Network Roll-Out under the Rudd/Gillard Governments’, International Journal of Public Administration DOI: 10.1080/01900692.2016.1255960
  79. Brodtkorb, T., Wallis, J. L. and Dollery, B.E. (2017), ‘Advancing Commission Scholarship by Inferring Leadership Legacy Motivations from Commission Reports: The Case of Sir Michael Lyons’, Public Policy and Administration doi: 10.1177/0952076717699261
  80. Catubig, M. C., Villano, R. and Dollery, B. E. (2016), ‘The Administrative Efficiency of Conditional Cash Transfer Programs: Evidence from Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program’, Asia-Pacific Development Review (in print).
  81. Fahey, G., Drew, J. and Dollery, B. E. (2016), ‘Merger Myths: A Functional Analysis of Scale Economies in New South Wales Local Government’, Public Finance and Management, 16(4)
  82. Dollery, B. E. and Drew, J. D (2016), ‘Hired Guns: Local Government Mergers in New South Wales and the KPMG Modelling Report’, Australian Accounting Review (in print).
  83. Drew, J. and Dollery B. E., 'What's in a Name? Assessing the Performance of Local Government Classification Systems', Local Government Studies, 2015 (in print).
  84. Kortt, M.A., Dollery B., Drew J. "Municipal Mergers in New Zealand: An Empirical Analysis of the Proposed Amalgamation of the Hawke's Bay Councils", Local Government Studies, 2015 (in print).
  85. Sinnewe, E, Kortt, M. and Dollery, B. E "Is Biggest Best? A Comparative Analysis of the Financial Viability of the Brisbane City Council", Australian Journal of Public Administration, 2015 (in print).
  86. Simmons, P. and Dollery, B. E. "Explaining the Australian Local Government Infrastructure Expenditure Backlog: A Market Failure Approach", Economic Papers, 2015 (in print).
  87. Sinnewe, E, Kortt, M. and Dollery, B. E. 'Religion and life satisfaction: Evidence from Germany', Social Indicators Research, 2015 (in print).
  88. Dollery, B., Kortt, M. A. and Crase, L., "Community Council Cooperation: The Lake Macquarie City Council Co-Governance Delegation Model", International Journal of Public Administration, 2014, 37(11), 747-755
  89. Drew, J. and Dollery, B. E. "Breaking Up is Hard to Do: The Costs of the De-amalgamation of the Delatite Shire Council", Public Finance and Management, 2014 (in print).
  90. Drew, J. and Dollery, B. E. "Road to Ruin? Consistency, Transparency and Horizontal Equalisation of Road Grant Allocations in Eastern Mainland Australian States", Public Administration Quarterly, 2014 (in print).
  91. Drew, J., Kortt, M. and Dollery, B. E. 'Can't get no Satisfaction: The Association between Community Satisfaction and Population Size for Victoria', Australian Journal of Public Administration, 2014 (in print).
  92. Yarram, S. and Dollery, B. E. 'Corporate Governance and Financial Policies: Influence of Board Characteristics on the Dividend Policy of Australian Firms', Managerial Finance, 2014 (in print).
  93. Drew, J. and Dollery, B. E. 'Inconsistent Depreciation Practice and Public Policymaking: Local Government Reform in New South Wales', Australian Accounting Review, 2014 (in print).
  94. Marques, R., Dollery, B. E. and Kortt, M. 'The Optimal Size of Local Government: The Case of Tasmania Councils', Australian Journal of Public Administration, 2014 (in print).
  95. Valle de Souza, S, Dollery, B. E. and Kortt, M. 'De-amalgamation in Action: The Queensland Experience', Public Management Review, 2014,DOI: 10.1080/14719037.2014.930506.
  96. Kortt, M.A., Dollery, B., Grant, B. 'Religion and Life Satisfaction Down Under', Journal of Happiness Studies, 2014 (in print).
  97. Drew, J. and Dollery, B. E., "Keeping It In-House: Households Versus Population as Alternative Proxies for Local Government Output", Australian Journal of Public Administration, 73(2), 235-246, 2014.
  98. Dollery, B. E. Kortt, M. and O'Keefe, S. (2014), 'Local Co-governance and Environmental Sustainability in New South Wales Local Government: The Lake Macquarie City Council Sustainable Neighbourhoods Program', Economic Papers, 33(1), 36-44, 2014.
  99. Grant, B., Dollery, B. E., Kortt, M. (2014), 'Is There a Case for Mandating Directly Elected 'Semi-executive' Mayors in Australian Local Government? Lessons from the 2012 Queensland Local Government Elections', Australian Journal of Public Administration (in print).
  100. Drew, J. D. and Dollery, B. E., "Would Bigger Councils Yield Scale Economies in the Greater Perth Metropolitan Region? A Critique of the Metropolitan Local Government Review for Perth Local Government", Australian Journal of Public Administration, 73(1), 128-137, 2014.
  101. Siew King Ting, Villano, R. and Dollery, B. E. (2014), 'Administrative Scale Economies in Local Government: An Empirical Analysis of Sabah Municipalities, 2000 to 2009', Urban Studies (in print).
  102. Lewis C, Dollery B.E., Kortt M.A. "Building the Education Revolution Program: Another Case of Australian Government Failure?", International Journal of Public Administration, 37(1), 299–307, 2014.
  103. Drew, J. and Dollery, B. E. 'Separation Anxiety: An Empirical Evaluation of the Sunshine Coast Regional Council De-amalgamation', Public Money and Management, 34(3), 213-220, 2014.
  104. Grant, B., Kortt, M. and Dollery, B. E. 'Recasting Leadership Reform in Australian Local Government: A Taxonomy from Political Theory', Local Government Studies, 2014 (in print).
  105. Drew, J. D and Dollery, B. E. 'The Impact of Metropolitan Amalgamations in Sydney on Financial Sustainability', Public Money and Management, 34(4), 281-288, 2014.
  106. Dollery, B. E. and Grant, B. 'Symposium on Financial Sustainability and Amalgamation in Local Government: Part 2', Public Finance and Management, 13(3), 142-147, 2013.
  107. Dollery, B. E., Grant, B. and Kortt, M. 'An Evaluation of Amalgamation and Financial Viability in Australian Local Government', Public Finance and Management, 13(3), 215-238, 2013.
  108. Kortt, M.A., Dollery, B.E., Grant B. (2013), 'The Relationship between Religious Affiliation and Returns to Human Capital for Women', Economic Papers, 32, 395-404, 2013.
  109. Blackwell, B. and Dollery, B. E. 'Resource Taxation and Remote Aboriginal Expenditure', Economic Papers, 32(3), 360-382, 2013.
  110. Drew, J., Kortt, M., and Dollery, B. E. 'Did the Big Stick Work? An Empirical Assessment of Scale Economies and the Queensland Forced Amalgamation Program', Local Government Studies, 2013 (in print).
  111. Drew, J. and Dollery, B. E. 'Does Size Still Matter? An Empirical Analysis of the Effectiveness of Victorian Local Authorities', Local Government Studies, 2013 (in print).
  112. Blackwell, B. and Dollery, B.E. 'The Impact of Mining Expenditure on Remote Communities in Australia: The Ranger Uranium Mine and the Tanami Gold Mine in the Northern Territory', Australasian Journal of Regional Studies, 19, 369-395, 2013.
  113. Dollery, B. E. and Grant, B. (2013). "Introduction to Symposium on Amalgamation and Financial Sustainability in Local Government: Part 1", Public Finance and Management, 13(2).
  114. Dollery, B.E., Kortt, M. and De Souza, S. 'Enduring Financial Sustainability through "Bottom-Up" Local Authority Ingenuity and Rational "Top-Down" State Regulation: The Case of Lake Macquarie City Council', International Journal of Public Administration, 2014, 37, 215-223.
  115. Dollery, B.E., Kortt, M. and Grant, B. 'Fools Rush In: The Case Against Radical Water and Wastewater Restructuring in Regional NSW', International Journal of Public Administration, 2013, 37(1), 1-9.
  116. Nagpal, M., Kortt, M. and Dollery, B. E. 'Bang for the Buck? An Evaluation of the Roads to Recovery Program', Economics Papers, 2013, 32(2), 239-248.
  117. Blackwell, B. and Dollery, B. E. 'Income Factor Shares from Mining in Remote Australia: An Analysis of the Ranger Uranium Mine and the Tanami Gold Mine in the Northern Territory', Australian Journal of Regional Studies, 19, 369-395, 2013.
  118. Grant B., Dollery B.E., Kortt M. and B Blackwell, B. 'A Survey of Community Engagement in Australian Local Government', Journal of African and Asian Local Government Studies, 2012, 1(4), 1-29.
  119. van der Westhuizen, G. Dollery, B. E. and Grant, B. 'An Efficiency Analysis of Basic Service Provision in South African Local Government (2006/7 to 2008/9)', Journal for Transdisciplinary Research in Southern Africa, 2012, 8(2), 268-282.
  120. Dell 'Anno, R. and Dollery, B. E. 'Comparative Fiscal Illusion: A Fiscal Illusion Index for the European Union', Empirical Economics, 33(1), 51-84, 2012.
  121. Drew, J., Kortt, M. and Dollery, B. E. 'A Cautionary Tale: Council Amalgamation in Tasmania and the Deloitte Access Economics Report', Australian Journal of Public Administration, 72(1), 55-65, 2013.
  122. Drew, J., Kortt, M. and Dollery, B. E. 'Economies of Scale and Local Government Expenditure: Evidence from Australia', Administration and Society, 46(646(6): 632-653, 2014.
  123. Crase, L, O'Keefe, S and Dollery, B. E. 'Talk is Cheap, or is it?  The Cost of Consulting about Uncertain Reallocation of Water in the Murray-Darling Basin, Australia', Ecological Economics, 88(3), 206-213, 2012.
  124. Wijeweera, A. and Dollery, B. E. "J-Curve Disparity between the Goods Sector and the Service Sector: Evidence from Australia", Applied Economics Letters, 20, 452-456, 2012
  125. Wong, Y. S., Ho Chong Mun and Dollery, B. E. "Impact of Exchange Rate Volatility on Import Flows: The Case of Malaysia and the United States", Applied Financial Economics, 22, 2027-2034, 2012.
  126. Buultjens, J., Ambrosoli, K. and Dollery, B. E. "The Establishment of Regional Development Australia Committees in Australia: Issues and Initiatives for the Future", Australasian Journal of Regional Studies, 18(2), 182-205, 2012.
  127. Kortt, M. and Dollery, B.E. "Religion and BMI in Australia", Journal of Religion and Health, 2014, 53(10), 217-228.
  128. Kortt, M., Dollery, B. E. and Grant, B. "Regional and Local Tensions: The Role of Shared Services", Public Policy (Special Edition), 7(1), 33-43, 2012.
  129. Kortt, M., Dollery, B. E. and Grant, B. "Protestantism and Work Ethic: Evidence from Australia", Empirical Economic Letters, 11(2), 197-202, 2012.
  130. Grant, B., Dollery, B. E. and van der Westhuizen, G. "Locally Constructed Regionalism: The City of Geraldton, Western Australia", Public Policy (Special Edition), 7(1), 55-67, 2012.
  131. Grant, B., Dollery, B. E. and Kortt, M. "Introduction", Public Policy (Special Edition), 7(1), 1-4, 2012.
  132. Kortt, M. and Dollery, B. E. "The Home Insulation Program: An Example of Australian Government Failure", Australian Journal of Public Administration, 71(1), 65-75, 2012.
  133. Dollery, B. E., Kortt, M. and Wijeweera, A. "Misconceiving Regional/Local Tensions: Two Case Studies from Tasmania", Public Policy (Special Edition), 7(1), 44-53, 2012.
  134. Grant, B. and Dollery, B. E. (2012), "Autonomy Versus Oversight in Local Government Reform: The Implications of 'Home Rule' for Australian Local Government", Australian Journal of Political Science, 47(3), 399-412, 2012.
  135. Dollery, B.E., Buultjens, J. and Adams, K. "Enhancing Australian Regional Policy: A Conceptual Framework for Assessing the Role of Regional Development Australia", Space and Polity, 15(3), 241-255, 2011.
  136. Dollery, B. E., Fiorillo, F. and Burton, T. "Running the Big Smoke: A Critical Analysis of the KPMG (2008) Approach to Local Government Reform in the Sydney Metropolitan Area", Australian Journal of Regional Studies, 18(2), 232-256, 2012.
  137. Crase, L, O'Keefe, S. and Dollery, B. E. "Presumptions of Linearity and Faith in the Power of Centralised Decision-Making: Two Challenges to the Efficient Management of Environmental Water in Australian", Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 56, 426-433, 2012.
  138. Dollery, B. E., Kortt, M. and Grant, B. "Harnessing Private Funds to Alleviate the Australian Local Government Infrastructure Backlog", Economic Papers, 31(1), 114–122, 2012

Books

  1. Dollery, B. E., Kitching, H., McMillan, M. and Shah, A. (2020), Local Public, Fiscal and Financial Governance: An International Perspective, Palgrave McMillan, New York.
  2. Dollery, B. E., Kortt, M. and Grant, B. Funding the Future: Financial Sustainability and Infrastructure Finance in Australian Local Government, Sydney, Federation Press, 2013, xi + 276.
  3. Dollery, B. E., Grant, B. and Kortt, M. Councils in Cooperation: Shared Services and Australian Local Government, Sydney, Federation Press, 2012, xii +276.

Book Chapters

  1. Dollery, B. E., Kortt, M. and Drew, J. (2020), ‘Australian Local Government Perspectives on Contemporary Structural Reform’, in Open Government: Concepts, Methodology, Tools and Applications, IGI Global, New York, Chapter 78, 1669-1694.
  2. Dollery, B. E. (2018), ‘Shared Services in Australian Local Government: The Case of the Common Service Model’, in G. Halseth, S. Markey and L. Ryser (eds.), Service Provision and Rural Sustainability: Infrastructure and Innovation, Routledge, New York, 49-62.

Conference Papers

  1. Dollery, B. E. ‘Post-graduate Study at Australian Universities’, seminar presented to graduate students at the Faculty of Agriculture, Iwate University, Morioka, 17 October 2019.
  2. Dollery, B. E. ‘Rate-capping: Challenges and Opportunities for Workers and Councils’, Australian Services Union Local Government Worker’s Summit, Melbourne, 29 March 2019.

Monographs

  1. Dollery, B. E. Catalysing the Renewal of Local Infrastructure in Regional Communities: The Case for Local Infrastructure Australia, Regional Australia Institute, Canberra, November, 2012, 36.