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Title: | Styles of Inter-municipal Cooperation and the Multiple Principal Problem: A Comparative Analysis of European Economic Area Countries |
Author: | Bel i Queralt, Germà, 1963- Bischoff, Ivo Blåka, Sara Casula, Mattia Lysek, Jakub Swianiewicz, Pawel Tavares, António F. Voorn, Bart |
Keywords: | Cooperació intergovernamental Administració municipal Administració local Cooperació interterritorial Intergovernmental cooperation Municipal government Local government Interstate cooperation |
Issue Date: | Mar-2023 |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Abstract: | Cooperation in the delivery of public services is generally framed as desirable, but it is often hindered by serious collective action problems. The article compares inter-municipal cooperation in seven countries with different institutional settings. It investigates the rules of governance characterizing these diverse institutional settings and assesses how they deal with the multiple principal problem. The authors find that in almost all cases, all participating municipalities are represented on the supervisory board of the cooperative entity. In contrast, in other less frequent cases cooperation is frequently managed through a different tier of local government, thus circumventing the multiple principal problem affecting inter-municipal arrangements in the other countries. |
Note: | Versió postprint del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1080/03003930.2022.2041416 |
It is part of: | Local Government Studies, 2023, vol. 49, num. 2, p. 422-445 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2445/197527 |
Related resource: | https://doi.org/10.1080/03003930.2022.2041416 |
ISSN: | 0300-3930 |
Appears in Collections: | Articles publicats en revistes (Econometria, Estadística i Economia Aplicada) |
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