We briefly review recent advances in the empirical analysis of the privatisation and inter-
municipal cooperation of local public services and discuss the potential of these studies. The …

Austerity and fiscal crisis make the search for cost‐saving reforms in local government more
critical. While cost savings from privatization have frequently proven ephemeral, inter …

Capturing the benefits of competition is a key argument for outsourcing public services, yet
public service markets often lack sufficient competition. The authors use survey and …

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 …

Intermunicipal cooperation is being increasingly adopted in various countries as a part of
local service delivery reforms. This article draws on survey data from Spain's municipalities …

Local government scholars are giving increasing attention to market solutions to urban
service delivery. Intermunicipal contracting and privatization are two market approaches to …

Identifying and characterising the factors that determine why a local authority opts for a
particular way of managing its waste collection service is an important issue, warranting …

We investigate how the reorganization of the service-delivery 'machine'is resulting in a
hybridization of NPM and post-NPM principles. We compare reform trajectories in Italy and …

Inter‐municipal cooperation is now as common among US local governments as for profit
privatization. This article uses data from a national survey in 2007 to explore the benefits of …

Complex Contracting draws on core social science concepts to provide wide-ranging
practical advice on how best to manage complex acquisitions. Using a strong analytical …