External control of gender budget implementation: Experience of the Audit Office of Andalusia
In: Public money & management: integrating theory and practice in public management, Band 43, Heft 6, S. 559-566
ISSN: 1467-9302
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In: Public money & management: integrating theory and practice in public management, Band 43, Heft 6, S. 559-566
ISSN: 1467-9302
In: Urban studies, Band 53, Heft 10, S. 2134-2153
ISSN: 1360-063X
According to the conventional theoretical framework, fiscal stress is an explanatory factor of privatisation, since the latter can provide economies of scale and cost savings, as indicated by the theory of public choice. However, urban planning theories suggest that public choice does not take into account the collective needs of those receiving public services. The present study aims to clarify two major issues. Firstly, in the presence of fiscal stress, do public managers really privatise? And secondly, does privatisation harm the public interest? To investigate these questions, we constructed and analysed a discrete-time survival model, which was applied to the period 2000–2010, to reflect the effects of the current global financial crisis on the fiscal stress–privatisation relationship with respect to urban waste collection services. The results obtained indicate that when certain aspects of financial condition worsen, the likelihood of public services being privatised increases. This was the case during the Great Recession of 2008–2010, especially when a neighbouring municipality had previously privatised its services. After privatisation, service quality did not vary significantly, and so we conclude that public choice does not prejudice the public interest.
In: Waste management: international journal of integrated waste management, science and technology, Band 34, Heft 11, S. 1967-1976
ISSN: 1879-2456
In: Local government studies, Band 42, Heft 2, S. 287-22
ISSN: 0300-3930
In: Local government studies, Band 42, Heft 2, S. 287-308
ISSN: 1743-9388
In: Local government studies, S. 1-22
ISSN: 0300-3930