Why Do Municipalities Cooperate to Provide Local Public Services? An Empirical Analysis

Local Government Studies

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 435-454

  Bel, Germà ^a   Fageda, Xavier ^a   Mur, Melania ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

cooperation; Privatisation; solid waste

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PRIVATIZATION; PUBLIC SERVICE; SERVICE PROVISION; TRANSACTION COST;

EID: 84879519378     PISSN: 03003930     EISSN: 17439388     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03003930.2013.781024     Document Type: Article

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