In den kommenden Jahren wird die bislang vom Westen geprägte Weltordnung des möglichst ungehinderten Austausches und des Multilateralismus an Einfluss verlieren, globale Institutionen werden es noch schwerer haben, ihrem Auftrag des Interessensausgleichs und der Förderung der internationalen...

The idea of fiscal decentralisation has become increasingly fashionable world-wide. But every country has unique features of the intergovernmental fiscal system. In general municipal expenditures are rapidly growing in European countries. On the other hand local tax increases are not easily...

The paper focuses on the recent pattern of government expenditure for developing countries and estimates the determinants which may have influenced government expenditure. Using a panel data set for 111 developing countries from 1984 to 2004, this study finds evidence that political and...

This paper analyzes a framework where policymakers decide how to spend public resources on physical capital and labor in order to produce two public goods. Candidate policymakers disagree about which goods to produce, and may alternate in office due to elections. When capital and labor are...

Public childcare and educational services are complex services resulting in a relationship that is established between a supplier and a consumer of such services. In 2002 the European Council meeting in Barcelona, established that by 2010, the Member States should develop childcare services for...

Celem artykulu jest wieloaspektowa analiza efektywnosci swiadczenia uslug publicznych na przykladzie polskich jednostek samorzadu terytorialnego na podstawie rankingu samorzadow publikowanego przez dziennik 'Rzeczpospolita'. Lista rankingowa prezentuje samorzady ktore najlepiej dbaja o rozwoj i...

The United States government recently passed legislation and stabilization packages to respond to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) outbreak by providing paid sick leave, tax credits, and free virus testing; expanding food assistance and unemployment benefits; and increasing Medicaid...

The concept of a "smart city" is being actively implemented by several European cities to improve citizens' quality of life and sustainability at the local community level. The article evaluates "smart city" programs adopted by Ukraine cities in the Volyn region based on well-being assessment....