The usefulness of performance reporting in local government: Comparing Italy and Spain

Public Money and Management

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 171-176

  Montesinos, Vicente ^a   Brusca, Isabel ^b   Rossi, Francesca Manes ^c   Aversano, Natalia ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Accountability; comparative research; local government; performance measurement, performance reporting

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876059297     PISSN: 09540962     EISSN: 14679302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2013.785701     Document Type: Article

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