Mechanisms and public administration reform: Italian cases of better regulation and digitalization

Public Administration

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 529-543

  Natalini, Alessandro ^a   Stolfi, Francesco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES PARTHENOPE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION; REFORM PROCESS; SPILLOVER EFFECT;

ITALY;

EID: 84862680147     PISSN: 00333298     EISSN: 14679299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9299.2011.01998.x     Document Type: Article

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