In governments throughout the world, bank lending excesses, solvency issues and
worsening credit ratings have all contributed to raising risk premiums and impeding access …

Abstract The Open Government Data (OGD) projects have spread rapidly in recent years,
given that they involve a great transformative potential, whose aims to guarantee transparent …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to obtain new knowledge about the accounting
measurement of financial sustainability in local governments, by studying the influence of …

In both public administration and economics, efficiency is brought forward as an important
criterion for evaluating administrative actions. Clearly, its value as an assessment principle …

This chapter is organized around a number of questions. First, how are local governments
financed around the world, and in particular what is the role of local taxation in this …

This paper investigates whether the gender of elected politicians affects political outcomes
at the municipal level. Relying on Italian administrative data from 1991 to 2009, we are able …

During the past few decades, countries have experienced a remarkable increase in local
expenditure levels to address rising local needs. However, the limited availability of financial …

En este estudio se analiza el impacto de la mujer en la gestión del riesgo financiero de los
gobiernos locales (LGs), a través de variables políticas y demográficas. Se realiza un …

Purpose It was to investigate whether gender diversity–gender balance–within political
municipal government teams affected the municipal indebtedness. Government ideology …

High levels of debt, provoked by a situation of economic and financial crisis, constitute a
major threat to the financial sustainability of governments in the euro zone and in many other …