Abstract Inter-municipal cooperation (IMC) in the Czech Republic is common and flexible and is generally viewed as a means to reduce problems related to the highly fragmented local government structure. The paper utilizes financial and accounting data of public entities to evaluate the character and magnitude of inter-municipal cooperation in the Czech Republic. It concludes that the extent of public services provided based on the service contracts or through institutionalized forms of IMC is quite limited and that the majority of the IMC is somewhat informal and soft , e.g. exchange of experience and ad-hoc projects.

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捷克共和国的城市间合作：公共财政视角

摘要捷克共和国的市际合作（IMC）是常见且灵活的，通常被视为减少与高度分散的地方政府结构有关的问题的一种手段。本文利用公共实体的财务和会计数据来评估捷克共和国城市间合作的特征和规模。结论是基于服务合同或通过IMC的制度化形式提供的公共服务的范围非常有限，并且IMC的大多数是非正式和软性的，例如交流经验和临时项目。