Are ICTs improving transparency and accountability in the EU regional and local governments? An empirical study

Public Administration

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 449-472

  Pina, Vicente ^a   Torres, Lourdes ^a   Royo, Sonia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTABILITY; BENCHMARKING; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EUROPEAN UNION; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; POLICY MAKING; PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 34249747781     PISSN: 00333298     EISSN: 14679299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9299.2007.00654.x     Document Type: Article

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