Citizen control and the efficiency of local public services

Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 248-266

  Bosch, Núria ^a   Espasa, Marta ^a   Mora, Toni ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT INTERNACIONAL DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Citizen's control; Cost efficiency; Local governments; Socioeconomic and fiscal variables

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTABILITY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECENTRALIZATION; FISCAL POLICY; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; PUBLIC SERVICE; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

SPAIN;

EID: 84859465513     PISSN: 0263774X     EISSN: 14723425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/c1153r     Document Type: Article

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