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Local Administration Systems and Local Democracy Perception

Sagir, Hayriye; Eroglu, Hacer Tu - International Institute of Social and Economic Sciences - 2014

Institutions which are subunits of a government or regional administration and authorized as defining limited number of public policies in relatively small area and implicating these policies are defined as public institutions and local administrations. The existence reasons of local...

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Responsibility with accountability: A FAIR governance framework for performance accountability of local governments

Shah, Anwar - In: Zbornik radova Ekonomskog fakulteta u … 32 (2014) 2, pp. 343-377

This paper focuses on the role of local governments in bringing about fair, accountable, incoorruptible and responsive (FAIR) governance. Local governments around the world have done important innovations to earn the trust of their residents and their comparative performance is of great interest...

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Managing and financing urban services

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Homeownership, dissatisfaction and voting

Holian, Matthew J. - In: Journal of Housing Economics 20 (2011) 4, pp. 267-275

This article explores the relationships between homeownership, dissatisfaction with city services, and voting turnout in local elections, using original survey data. Homeowners are more likely than renters to vote, but the pure effect of ownership is not robust to either basic socio-economic...

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Unequal Provision of Local Public Services under the Threat of Secession

Brink, Anna - Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Handelshögskolan - 2003

This paper studies to what extent it is possible to discriminate between two municipality parts by unequal public service provision when there is a threat of secession. The objective of the local politicians is to maximize utility for only one part of a municipality. The discriminated part is...

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Theoretical Perspective of Local Government - Literature Review

Haqu, Adnan ul - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012

“This research paper discusses the basic fundamentals of local government in theoretical perspective. The aim of this paper is to critically evaluate the conceptual framework of local government with its significance in the modern era. Various approaches of local government are discussed in...

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Third Sector, Social Enterprises and Local Authorities in a EU Candidate Country. The Case of Albania

Asmundo, Adam - European Regional Science Association - 2013

The paper will be based on evidence offered by survey data collected through a structured questionnaire in a long range survey launched in July 2012 by the Steering Group of ASE Forum. The aim of the study was to reveal the trend, status, profile, features and the role of potentials enterprises...

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Perceived Barriers to E-commerce: Empirical Evidence from EU Countries

Simicevic, Vanja; Jakovic, Bozidar; Jezovita, Josip - In: Interdisciplinary Description of Complex Systems - … 11 (2013) 1, pp. 123-130

Internet usage is growing rapidly among the world. Furthermore, Internet usage is widely accepted among EU countries …' citizens. In this paper intend is to research to what extent Internet sales by individuals is influenced by the barriers people … perceive to buying/ordering over the Internet, using of Internet, and level of computer/Internet skills them posses. A data …

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SURVEY ON THE USE AND THE INTEREST OF INDIVIDUALS IN ONLINE STORES

Petronella, Vlad Miranda; Rusu, Corina - In: Annals of Faculty of Economics 1 (2012) 2, pp. 355-363

Internet, globally speaking (games, toys, flowers, watches, tickets), are only 30% of the online products offered in Romania …

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Les transferts de competences vus depuis la Roumanie

Matei, Ani - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007

The paper approaches the topic of competence transfer in Romanian public administration in view of enlarging the processes of decentralization and deconcentration. The relation between decentralization of administration and competence transfer is biunivoque and it is understood in broad meaning...

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