The role of innovations in improving government productivity and the effectiveness of services has previously been … administrative innovations in central government are diverse, but most involve improving performance management, introducing new IT … projects or web services, as well as some physical technology changes. Many recent projects focus on joining up government and …

The determinants of government responsiveness to its citizens is a key issue in political economy. Here we develop a …

between marketization and democracy. The first is more direct, stemming from the fact of both systems sharing certain values … and attitudes in common. But there is also a second more indirect chain from marketization to democracy, which is … (iii) from material development to social welfare and democracy. We examine each of these sub-links in detail with a view …

The welfare economic method for analyzing the case for government intervention is often critized for ignoring the …

private investment and labour supply decisions while relying on the government for information about investment returns. The … government consists of an elected citizen who chooses a redistributive strategy in addition to providing information. We give …

; (ii) strategic interactions are stronger among municipalities than among intermediate levels of government; and (iii …