Les hauts dirigeants publics (les hauts fonctionnaires qui conduisent et améliorent des fonctions administratives majeures) sont au cœur de l’efficacité de l’administration publique. Ils transforment les orientations politiques en stratégies et programmes qui maintiennent les citoyens en...

This article sets out to examine the public policy evaluation model, which is applied for evaluating public policy in Lithuania. The data was collected from the papers published by local researchers, official documents available at the ministries and agencies web sites and other printed...

The paper introduces the concepts of incentive relation and implementation relation, discussing them in the context of agent-principal relationships. The incentives literature relevant to implementation is reviewed, as well as relevant literature on individual behavior in organizations and on...

This annotated bibliography provides citations, abstracts and links for the articles that were published in the Journal of Accounting, Ethics and Public Policy between 1998-2022. Topics include financial and managerial accounting, auditing, taxation, tax evasion, outsourcing, insider trading,...

The control is one of the factors that can contribute to the success of any organization. In this paper, research for one of the most important control types is presented: the management and evaluation of the local public policies. The research determines citizen satisfaction with local services...

Centralization of public procurement can lower prices for the government's direct purchase of goods and services. This paper focuses on indirect savings. Public administrations that do not procure directly through a central procurement agency might benefit from the availability of...

Ecolabels are designed to help consumers identify environmentally superior products and services, however, they are not all created equal. Some ecolabels have strong rules that promote environmental improvements, while others have weaker rules that permit free-riding. Since information about...

Centralization of public procurement can lower prices for the government's direct purchase of goods and services. This paper focuses on indirect savings. Public administrations that do not procure directly through a central procurement agency might benefit from the availability of...

An influential study by Bandiera, Prat and Valletti (2009) exploits the introduction of a central purchasing agency in Italy to identify the amount and sources of public waste. Among other findings, it estimates that purchasing through a central agency directly saves 28% on prices. We find that...

Centralization of public procurement can lower prices for the government’s direct purchase of goods and services. This paper focuses on indirect savings. Public administrations that do not procure directly through a central procurement agency might benefit from the availability of...