Effect of modes of public services delivery on the efficiency of local governments: A two-stage approach

Beatriz Cuadrado-Ballesteros, Isabel-María García-Sánchez and José-Manuel Prado-Lorenzo

Utilities Policy, 2013, vol. 26, issue C, 23-35

Abstract: A clear relationship has not been found between the modes of public services delivery and the efficiency of local Governments. Studies have been carried out for only one or two services and/or in a concrete year, so the real effect is difficult to generalize.

Keywords: Public services; Efficiency; Functional decentralisation; Externalisation; Local government (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jup.2013.04.005

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