Transaction cost politics and local service production

International Review of Public Administration

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 37-52

  Kwon, Sung Wook ^a   Lee, In Won ^b   Feiock, Richard C ^b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contracting; Local service production; Political efficiency; Transaction cost politics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865092897     PISSN: 12294659     EISSN: 23317795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/12294659.2010.10805160     Document Type: Article

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