Effect of modes of public services delivery on the efficiency of local governments: A two-stage approach

Utilities Policy

Volumn 26, Issue , 2013, Pages 23-35

  Cuadrado Ballesteros, Beatriz ^a   García Sánchez, Isabel María ^a   Prado Lorenzo, José Manuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Efficiency; Externalisation; Functional decentralisation; Local government; Public services

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; DECENTRALIZATION; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; PUBLIC SERVICE;

SPAIN;

EID: 84878488432     PISSN: 09571787     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jup.2013.04.005     Document Type: Article

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