Administrative overspending in Indonesian districts: The role of local politics

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We analyze the determinants of the excessive administrative spending of local governments in Indonesia. In an unbalanced panel data set of 399 districts for 2001-2009, we show that the proliferation of districts has not led to increased administrative spending; instead a lack of political accountability is responsible for this excess. The degree of political competition influences the level of administrative spending significantly; newly introduced direct elections of district heads, however, did not curtail the waste.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: Discussion Paper Series ; No. 24

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Bureaucracy; Administrative Processes in Public Organizations; Corruption ; State and Local Government: Other Expenditure Categories ; Structure, Scope, and Performance of Government ; Finance in Urban and Rural Economies
• Thema: administrative expenditures ; decentralization ; direct elections ; Indonesia

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Suharnoko Sjahrir, Bambang ; Kis-Katos, Krisztina ; Schulze, Günther G.
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): University of Freiburg, Department of International Economic Policy (iep)
• (wo): Freiburg i. Br.
• (wann): 2013

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/86177
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:41 MEZ