• openAccess   Devolution dynamics of Spanish local government 

      Balaguer-Coll, Maria Teresa; Prior, Diego; Tortosa-Ausina, Emili Pion (2010)
      Over the last few years, there has been a devolutionary tendency in many devel- oped and developing countries. In this article we propose a methodology to decompose whether the benefits in terms of efficiency derived from ...
    • openAccess   El gasto público como determinante de la reelección de los gobiernos locales 

      Balaguer-Coll, Maria Teresa; Brun Martos, María Isabel Asociación Española de Profesores Universitarios de Contabilidad (2013)
      Este artículo analiza el efecto del gasto público municipal sobre la probabilidad de reelección de los gobiernos locales españoles durante el período 2000-2007, utilizando la metodología logit para datos de panel. Los ...
    • closedAccess   Local governments' re-election and its determinants: New evidence based on a Bayesian approach 

      Balaguer-Coll, Maria Teresa; Brun Martos, María Isabel; Forte Deltell, Anabel; Tortosa-Ausina, Emili Elsevier (2015)
      We analyzed the effect of public spending on the probability of re-election of Spanish local governments during the 2000–2007 period using Bayesian techniques. Although the literature on political budget cycles is now ...
    • openAccess   On the determinants of local government debt: Does one size fit all? 

      Balaguer-Coll, Maria Teresa; Prior, Diego; Tortosa-Ausina, Emili Taylor & Francis (2016)
      This paper analyzes the factors that directly influence levels of debt in Spanish local governments. Specifically, the main objective is to find out the extent to which indebtedness is originated by controllable factors ...
    • openAccess   Output complexity, environmental conditions, and the efficiency of municipalities 

      Balaguer-Coll, Maria Teresa; Prior, Diego; Tortosa-Ausina, Emili Springer US (2013)
      Over the last few years, many studies have analyzed the efficiency of local governments in different countries. An accurate definition of their output bundles—i.e., the services and facilities they provide to their ...
    • openAccess   Output complexity, environmental conditions, and the efficiency of municipalities: a robust approach 

      Balaguer-Coll, Maria Teresa; Prior, Diego; Tortosa-Ausina, Emili Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Económicas (2010)
      Over the last few years, many studies have analyzed the productive efficiency of local governments in different countries. An accurate definition of their output bundles -i.e., the services and facilities they provide to ...