| Do economies of scale exist in Australian Local Government? A review of the research evidence1 J Byrnes, B Dollery Urban Policy and Research 20 (4), 391-414, 2002 | 308 | 2002 |
| The relative economic efficiency of urban water utilities in regional New South Wales and Victoria J Byrnes, L Crase, B Dollery, R Villano Resource and Energy Economics 32 (3), 439-455, 2010 | 193 | 2010 |
| Australian local government amalgamation: a conceptual analysis of population size and scale economies in municipal service provision B Dollery, J Byrnes, L Crase Australasian Journal of Regional Studies, The 14 (2), 167-175, 2008 | 111 | 2008 |
| Local government failure: Why does Australian local government experience permanent financial austerity? B Dollery, L Crase, J Byrnes Australian Journal of Political Science 41 (3), 339-353, 2006 | 91 | 2006 |
| Is bigger better? Local government amalgamation and the South Australian rising to the challenge inquiry B Dollery, J Byrnes, L Crase Economic Analysis and Policy 37 (1), 1-14, 2007 | 90 | 2007 |
| Shared services in Australian local government: Rationale, alternative models and empirical evidence B Dollery, A Akimov, J Byrnes Australian Journal of Public Administration 68 (2), 208-219, 2009 | 87 | 2009 |
| Local government failure in Australia? An empirical analysis of New South Wales J Byrnes, B Dollery Australian Journal of Public Administration 61 (3), 54-64, 2002 | 54 | 2002 |
| Too tough a nut to crack: Determining fiscal sustainability in Australian local government B Dollery, J Byrnes, L Crase Australasian Journal of Regional Studies, The 13 (2), 110-132, 2007 | 42 | 2007 |
| Alternatives to amalgamation in Australian local government: the case of Walkerville B Dollery, J Byrnes Journal of Economic & Social Policy 11 (1), 1-19, 2006 | 40 | 2006 |
| The infrastructure crisis in Australian local government: A proposed federal asset fund solution B Dollery, J Byrnes, L Crase Australasian Journal of Regional Studies, The 13 (1), 3-19, 2007 | 39 | 2007 |
| Regulation versus pricing in urban water policy: The case of the Australian National Water Initiative J Byrnes, L Crase, B Dollery Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 50 (3), 437-449, 2006 | 38 | 2006 |
| Structural reform in Australian local government B Dollery, J Byrnes, L Crase Australian Journal of Political Science 43 (2), 333-339, 2008 | 36 | 2008 |
| Optimal structural reform in Australian local government: an empirical analysis of economies of scale by council function in New South Wales B Dollery, J Byrnes, P Allan Urban Policy and Research 25 (4), 473-486, 2007 | 35 | 2007 |
| A short institutional and regulatory history of the Australian urban water sector J Byrnes Utilities Policy 24, 11-19, 2013 | 30 | 2013 |
| Do economies of scale exist in Australian local government? A review of the empirical evidence J Byrnes, B Dollery University of New England, School of Economic Studies, 2002 | 30 | 2002 |
| An analysis of the new perspective on amalgamation in Australian local government B Dollery, J Byrnes, L Crase Centre for Local Government, School of Economics, University of New England, 2007 | 28 | 2007 |
| Resolving the infrastructure funding crisis in Australian local government: A bond market issue approach based on local council income J Byrnes, B Dollery, L Crase, P Simmons Australasian Journal of Regional Studies, The 14 (2), 115-131, 2008 | 27 | 2008 |
| Overall local council sustainability in Australian local government B Dollery, L Crase, J Byrnes Centre for Local Government, School of Economics, University of New England, 2006 | 20 | 2006 |
| An analysis of the relative efficiency of wastewater utilities in non-metropolitan New South Wales and Victoria J Byrnes, L Crase, B Dollery, R Villano Australasian Journal of Regional Studies, The 15 (2), 153-169, 2009 | 18 | 2009 |
| Structural reform in Australia B Dollery, J Byrnes The theory and practice of local government reform, 93-114, 2008 | 15 | 2008 |
