Over the last decades, the use of mixed methods (MMs) has been burgeoning across social
sciences. MMs have also been recommended as a viable research strategy for conducting …

Local government in England has experienced significant financial volatility in recent years
due to cuts in central government funding and increased demand for service provision …

Analysing the financial sustainability of local governments is of great interest, as they offer a
wide range of services and are close to citizens. Various organizations have pointed out the …

Fiscal decentralisation introduces the risk that subnational governments may act in a fiscally
irresponsible manner in the belief that a higher tier of government will bail them out if they …

This paper argues that local government associations (LGAs) form a key element in central–
local relations. They contribute towards defending local discretion through their three roles …

De Widt investigates how local government financial sustainability is influenced by the
regulatory framework in which local governments operate. Applying a comparative …

This paper contributes to the scarce literature on e-government transparency in Central
America by analyzing the impact of political, financial and socio-economic factors on …

The flypaper effect is the empirical anomaly by which intergovernmental grants tend to be
transformed by recipient authorities into public expenditures at a considerably higher rate …

Analyser la viabilité financière des gouvernements locaux présente un grand intérêt, car ils
offrent un large éventail de services et sont proches des citoyens. Diverses organisations …