Public sector efficiency: The roles of political and budgetary institutions, fiscal capacity, and democratic participation

Public Choice

Volumn 136, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 475-495

  Borge, Lars Erik ^a   Falch, Torberg ^a   Tovmo, Per ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Democratic participation; Fiscal capacity; Political and budgetary institutions; Public sector efficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 48349095747     PISSN: 00485829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11127-008-9309-7     Document Type: Article

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