This paper considers the provision of some important municipal services and applies the non-parametric double bootstrap Simar and Wilson (J Econ 136(1):31–64, <CitationRef CitationID="CR106">2007</CitationRef>) model based on a truncated-regression to estimate the effect of a group of relevant factors, which include the political sign of...</citationref>

In recent years, Spanish municipal authorities have been devoting important amounts of their resources to financing the construction and maintenance of sports facilities. However, the current financial climate has led to a decrease in the resources available, while demand by citizens has...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of mayors’ corruption on the municipal interest rate set by lenders. Design/methodology/approach: The sample consists of a panel data for all the Spanish cities with population over 50,000 for 2002–2013 (130 municipalities). In...

The European Commission has launched numerous recovery plans for Member States to try to mitigate the damage caused by COVID-19. The most important element of this program is the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF), which is worth EUR 672.5 billion in loans and grants. Seventy per cent of the...