Privatization of local government services is assumed to deliver cost savings, but empirical
evidence for this from around the world is mixed. We conduct a meta‐regression analysis of …

There is growing concern and mounting evidence of selectivity in empirical economics. Most
empirical economic literatures have a truncated distribution of results. The aim of this paper …

Abstract Analysis of local government contracting decisions typically focuses on transactions
costs related to service characteristics, especially asset specificity and difficulty of contract …

Inter-municipal cooperation is an important public service delivery reform, whose drivers
move beyond simple concerns with costs and economic efficiency, to policy issues related to …

Inter-municipal cooperation in public service delivery has attracted the interest of local
authorities seeking to reform public service provision. Cost saving, together with better …

The main objective of this work is to examine whether small municipalities can reduce costs
through cooperation and delegation. We first examine factors explaining the decision of …

Re-municipalization is part of a broader set of reverse privatization reforms. We argue the
term re-municipalization lacks conceptual clarity, confusing municipal level reversals from …

The search for enhanced transparency and accountability in government organizations has
inspired studies to identify the key factors that facilitate greater disclosure of public financial …

Scholarly empirical studies on factors that motivate local privatisation have greatly grown in
the last decade. As well, having available better and more comprehensive databases and …

Considerable research has been devoted to the analysis of efficiency and of management
forms for municipal waste collection, but widely varying results have been reported. In this …