Sector choices for public service delivery the transaction cost implications of executive turnover

Public Management Review

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 163-176

  Feiock, Richard ^a   Clingermayer, James ^b   Dasse, Carl ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contracting; Local government; Privitization; Service delivery; Transaction cost; Trunover

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248054815     PISSN: 14719037     EISSN: 14719045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1461667032000066390     Document Type: Article

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