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Assessing Electronic Service Delivery in Municipalities

Budding, Tjerk; Faber, Bram; Gradus, Raymond - 2017

Internet for service delivery is seen as an important element of e-government. Based on 2014-2016 panel-data of ICT service …

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Local taxes and fees as a source of revenue for polish municipalities: Substitutes or complements?

Łukomska, Julita; Neneman, Jarosław - In: e-Finanse: Financial Internet Quarterly 14 (2018) 3, pp. 49-59

The main purpose of this article is analysis of the relationship between local tax and fee policies in Poland. We argue that local authorities have similar and significant discretion over tax and fee policy and, therefore, they can be analysed in a similar way. Links between these policies are...

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Dutch Municipalities are Becoming Greener: Some Political and Institutional Explanations

Gradus, Raymond; Dijkgraaf, Elbert - 2017

This paper analyzes whether Dutch municipalities became greener between 1999 and 2014 by investigating whether they implement different unit-based pricing systems. Based on their incentive, systems are ranged from green ('weight') to less green ('volume'), or not green ('flat rate'). In...

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Does Data Disclosure Improve Local Government Performance? Evidence from Italian Municipalities

Lockwood, Ben; Porcelli, Francesco; Redoano, Michela; … - 2022

We exploit the introduction of an open data online platform - part of a transparency program initiated by the Italian Government in late 2014 - as a natural experiment to analyse the effect of data disclosure on mayors' expenditure and public good provision. First, we analyse the effect of the...

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The role of Internet in marketing activities aimed at Gen Y consumers, based on selected regions of Poland, Czech Republic and Slovakia

Barska, Anetta; Śnihur, Janusz - In: Economic and Environmental Studies (E&ES) 15 (2015) 2, pp. 189-209

Dynamic development of the Internet and electronic devices favours also its use in the marketing activity of … enterprises what manifests itself in dynamic development of e-commerce or the use of the Internet for communication. Aim of this … article is to evaluate the possibility of using Internet in the marketing activities oriented towards Gen Y consumers. The …

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Public services and liveability in European cities in comparison

Holzner, Mario; Römisch, Roman - 2021

A high level of public services in housing, transport, education and health care is essential for liveability in urban centres, as shown in this report, with the help of European data for large cities. Inhabitants of larger cities, where the housing market is heavily commercialised in terms of...

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ICT and local e-governance in planning regions in North Macedonia

Chungurski, Slavcho; Mitrevski, Pece - In: UTMS Journal of Economics 11 (2020) 1, pp. 29-42

Emerging trends in Europe suggest a review of the current thinking on e-governance, focusing on greater quality and efficiency in public services, especially when taking a European and prospective approach, as North Macedonia is trying to take. The paper shows a results of conducted survey about...

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Self-preserving Leviathans - Evidence from Regional-level Data

Kluge, Jan; Markwardt, Gunther; Thater, Christian - 2015

This paper investigates the impact of the intensity of political competition on the leviathan behavior by political incumbents. Using panel data from German municipalities, we test whether the relative political strength of parties in local councils influences the spending behavior of...

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A Critical Look on the Student's Internet Use – An Empirical Study

Stanciu, Victoria; Tinca, Andrei - In: Journal of Accounting and Management Information … 13 (2014) 4, pp. 739-754

The exponential development of the Internet has impacted the socio-economical, political life and individuals' life and … will continue to significantly impact the society in all its aspects. Internet has changed the business environment, the … and understand the Internet users' profile of the students in one of the Romanian faculty. The survey revealed the …

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A Conceptual Framework for Definition of the Correlation Between Company Size Categories and the Proliferation of Business Information Systems in Hungary

Sasvari, Peter - In: Theory, Methodology, Practice / Club of Economics in Miskolc 8 (2012) 2, pp. 51-59

Based on a conceptual model, this paper aims to explore the background of the decision-making process leading to the introduction of business information systems among enterprises in Hungary. Together with presenting the problems arising in the course of the implementation of such systems, their...

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