There are several theoretical accounts of public sector outsourcing. We note that leading theories give different … predictions of the influence of political variables and test the predictions on a Swedish data set in which outsourcing varies … suggests that the political color of the ruling majority matters for outsourcing, which is consistent with the citizen …

, it is somewhat surprising that many social scientists have preferred to explain government outsourcing by the pursuit of … economic efficiency. Starting out from different theories, we investigate political explanations of government outsourcing … using a Swedish data set in which outsourcing varies between municipalities and over time, as well as between services. Our …