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Using unique Swedish micro data we examine the impact of local public services on community choice. The choice of community is modeled as a choice between a discrete set of alternatives. The US literature has produced conflicting evidence with respect to the importance of local public services....
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To control for product quality and eliminate the exchange rate volatility effect, we use the Japanese regional data to study the Penn effect - the positive relationship between price and income levels. Similarly to what is widely documented with international data, the price and income levels...
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Social and/or political involvement within the population is often argued to enhance public sector performance. The underlying idea is that engagement fosters political awareness and interest and increases the public?s monitoring ability. Still, although extensive voter involvement may put...
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In diesem Papier wird aus historischer und begriffskritischer Perspektive die Ent-wicklung des öffentlichen Nahverkehrs in Deutschland zu einem Bestandteil der Daseinsvorsorge nachgezeichnet. Zum einen werden sowohl die politischen Umbrü-che als auch die sozial-ökonomischen Veränderungen...
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Seit gut fünf Jahren wird in der Stadt Detmold an der Umsetzung des Neuen Steuerungsmodells (NSM) gearbeitet. Die fortlaufenden Veränderungen, die sich letztlich an der Marktfähigkeit der erstellten Dienstleistungen und Produkte, d. h. vor allem an Effizienz und Effektivität messen lassen...
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Economic efficiency – understood in terms of jurisdictions providing a maximum amount of output for a given level of inputs – is one potential means to evaluate public policies. Various approaches, however, co-exist to measure the (technical) efficiency of organizations. Given that these...
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Der Trend zur organisatorischen Verselbstständigung kommunaler Dienstleistungen schreitet unaufhörlich fort. Dies ist eine Entwicklung, die nicht nur von Großstädten vorangetrieben wird. Auch die kleineren und mittleren Gemeinden und Städte sowie Landkreise erbringen ihre kommunalen...
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This report argues that improving local service delivery (LSD) is about improving people's lives. It is premised on the idea that better provision of public goods and services is a prerequisite to realizing human capabilities, thus expanding human freedoms and enhancing human lives for a better...
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How should local service delivery of public goods and services be improved for desirable development outcomes? This paper attempts at answering this question by providing a framework for improving local service delivery. It argues that improving local service delivery is a function of...
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