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Did new public management matter? : an empirical analysis of the outsourcing and decentralization effects on public sector size
Alonso, José M.; Clifton, Judith; Díaz Fuentes, Daniel - In: Public management review 17 (2015) 5, pp. 643-660
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Fiscal decentralization and budgetary discipline: lessons for Spain from other countries’ experience
Sorribas-Navarro, Sorribas-Navarro , Pilar - In: INVESTIGACIONES REGIONALES - Journal of REGIONAL RESEARCH (2009) 16, pp. 219-246
The aim of this paper is to analyse the effect of fiscal decentralization on subcentral governments’ budgetary … decentralization can discipline the subcentral governments’ budgetary decisions, as it happens, for instance, in the USA, Canada and …
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Evolution of fiscal decentralisation in OECD countries : a club convergence analysis
Delgado, Francisco J.; Presno, María José - In: Amfiteatru economic : an economic and business research … 25 (2023) 63, pp. 558-574
We study the fiscal decentralisation patterns in OECD countries through a club convergence approach. Our analysis covers 30 countries spanning 1995 to 2018 and considers the noncentral expenditure and revenue sides with two perspectives, as percentage of GDP and as percentage of the total...
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How outsourcing can contribute to the efficiency and effectiveness in the public sector : some indicators about Portugal
Marques, Maria da Conceic̜ão da Costa - In: Problems of management in the 21st century 11 (2016) 2, pp. 93-106
Outsourcing is a practice used by different companies to reduce costs by transferring working with outside suppliers … rather than performing them internally. Cutting costs are presented as a key benefit in hiring an outsourcing service …-core activities. The study presented here is an early stage of research to be developed on outsourcing in Portugal and its position in …
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The impact of public services outsourcing on work and employment conditions in different national regimes
Mori, Anna - In: European journal of industrial relations 23 (2017) 4, pp. 347-364
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An overlooked cost of contracting out : evidence from employee turnover intention in U.S. federal agencies
Lee, Gyeo Reh; Fernández, Sergio; Lee, Shinwoo - In: Public personnel management 50 (2021) 3, pp. 381-407
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The limits of institutional convergence : why public sector outsourcing is less efficient than Soviet enterprise planning
Innes, Abby - In: Review of international political economy 28 (2021) 6, pp. 1705-1728
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The Woodlands: A different way of governance
Insa-Ciriza, Raquel - In: INVESTIGACIONES REGIONALES - Journal of REGIONAL RESEARCH (2010) 17, pp. 5-28
The Woodlands (Texas) is one of the best examples of success in a public-private partnership between the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and a private firm. Developed as a New Town by Mitchell Energy & Development Corporation, The Woodlands has flourished and created a...
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Anarchy, Monopoly, and Predation
Leeson, Peter T. - In: Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics (JITE) 163 (2007) 3, pp. 467-482
Although institutions rooted in the folk theorem can support self-enforcing exchange in a wide variety of contexts, their potential to create cooperation is not limitless. In particular, the folk theorem may break down when some agents are physically stronger than others. I demonstrate this in...
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Overlapping Jurisdictions, Proprietary Communities, and Competition in the Realm of Law
Stringham, Edward - In: Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics (JITE) 162 (2006) 3, pp. 516-534
Frey [2001] and others propose subjecting governments to competition within their jurisdiction, but classical liberals argue that having competing law enforcers cannot work. This article describes a hybrid system that relies on markets but has one law enforcement agency per region, with profit...
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