Transaction cost, exchange embeddedness, and interlocal cooperation in local public goods supply

Political Research Quarterly

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 573-587

  Shrestha, Manoj K ^a   Feiock, Richard C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

exchange embeddedness; interlocal agreements; interlocal cooperation; public service delivery; self organizing; transaction cost

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052226708     PISSN: 10659129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1065912910370683     Document Type: Article

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