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Auditor Terms and Term Limits in the Public Sector: Evidence from the US States
Schelker, Mark - 2009
Improving transparency and enabling the principal to hold its agents accountable is a major issue in any principal agent relationship. This paper focuses on the role of public auditors in this task and presents evidence on the impact of auditor term length and term limits on government...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012168330
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Auditor Expertise: Evidence from the Public Sector
Schelker, Mark - 2011
Public Auditors are fundamental institutions to supervise government agents. Without accurate information principals would find it hard to make adequate decisions. Since agents face strong incentives to misreport, competent audits of financial information are crucial. This paper is the first...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012168331
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Auditor Expertise: Evidence from the Public Sector
Schelker, Mark - Center for Research in Economics, Management and the … - 2009
Public Auditors are fundamental institutions to supervise government agents. Without accurate information principals would find it hard to make adequate decisions. Since agents face strong incentives to misreport, competent audits of financial information are crucial. This paper is the first...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008458338
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The 18th Constitutional Amendment: Glue or Solvent for Nation Building and Citizenship in Pakistan?
Shah, Anwar - In: Lahore Journal of Economics 17 (2012) Special Edition, pp. 387-424
highlights both the potentials and pitfalls of the new constitutional order for good governance in Pakistan. It argues that the …-size the federal and provincial governments, strengthen local governance, enforce fiscal discipline and citizen … internal trade, and restrain beggar-thy-neighbor policies and unaccountable governance by “empowered provinces” to mitigate the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010905721
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How close is your government to its people? : worldwide indicators on localization and decentralization
Ivanyna, Maksym; Shah, Anwar - 2013
governance. To accomplish this, a unique data set is constructed for 182 countries by compiling data from a wide variety of … other recent political movements and waves of dissatisfaction with governance around the world. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009774900
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How close is your government to its people? : worldwide indicators on localization and decentralization
Ivanyna, Maksym; Shah, Anwar - 2014
This paper provides a unique data set on local governance. This dataset measures government decisionmaking at the local …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010230930
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Auditor expertise: Evidence from the public sector
Schelker, Mark - In: Economics Letters 116 (2012) 3, pp. 432-435
This paper is the first attempt to study the relationship between public auditor expertise and fiscal performance. I find that states requiring the auditor to hold a professional degree feature significantly higher credit ratings and lower expenditures and debt.
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The Role of Direct Democracy and Federalism in Local Power
Frey, Bruno S.; Stutzer, Alois - 2004
political system. Governance and representation problems at the local level cause part of citizens' lack of power and political … role of institutions of local governance. Local democratic governance is concerned about the relationship between citizens …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012168195
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Stuttgart 21: mit direkter Demokratie aus der Sackgasse?
Fischer, Justina A. V. - In: DIW Wochenbericht 77 (2010) 51/52, pp. 19-25
Wäre der Entscheidungsprozess zu Stuttgart 21 (S21) anders verlaufen, wenn es in Baden-Württemberg wirksame Mittel direkt-demokratischer Mitbestimmung gegeben hätte? Ziel dieses Beitrag ist es, Grenzen und Möglichkeiten direkt-demokratischer Verfahren am Beispiel des Großprojekts S21...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011602284
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The Role of Direct Democracy and Federalism in Local Power
Frey, Bruno S.; Stutzer, Alois - Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, …
political system. Governance and representation problems at the local level cause part of citizens’ lack of power and political … role of institutions of local governance. Local democratic governance is concerned about the relationship between citizens …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005585649