ListarCOFIN_Articles por tema "local government"
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Decentralization and efficiency of local government
Springer-Verlag (2010)This study analyzes the links between efficiency and the decentralization of power in Spanish local governments for the years 1995 and 2000. To this end, we carried out a two-stage activity analysis in which the performance ... -
Evaluating local government performance in times of crisis
Taylor and Francis Group (2019)In recent years, Spanish local governments have come under increasing pressure to accommodate severe economic restrictions while maintaining their provision of local public services. We analyse overall cost efficiency in ...
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Explaining local governments' cost efficiency: Controllable and uncontrollable factors
Elsevier (2020-05)Efficient and effective management of public resources is essential at all levels of government. This issue has gained momentum due to the strains that affected public sector finances after the onset of the 2007/08 crisis ...
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Searching for the optimal territorial structure: the case of Spanish provincial councils
Taylor and Francis Group (2019)Modern states are organized in multi-level governance structures with economic and political authorities dispersed across them. However, although there is relatively widespread consensus that this form of organization ... -
The impact of women’s leadership in local governments: the case of Spain
Routledge (2021-03-26)The main objective of this article is to analyze whether the gender of the mayor and the municipal council members affects compliance with the principles of budgetary stability and financial sustainability established in ...
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Which estimator to measure local governments’ costefficiency? The case of Spanish municipalities
Springer Verlag (2019)WeanalyseoverallcostefficiencyinSpanishlocalgovernmentsduringthecrisisperiod(2008–2015). To this end, we first consider some of the most popular nonparametricmethods to evaluate local government efficiency, data envelopment ...
