Voter involvement, fiscal autonomy and public sector efficiency: evidence from German municipalities
Abstract: ""Social and/or political involvement within the population is often argued to enhance public sector performance. The underlying idea is that engagement fosters political awareness and interest and increases the public's monitoring ability. Still, weak fiscal autonomy can undermine voters' interest in and demand for an efficient production of public services. In our contribution, we test whether and how voter involvement in the political sphere is related to government performance - in terms of its efficiency - using a broad panel of German municipalities. Our results suggest that voter involvement indeed has a positive impact on cost efficiency. Crucially, however, this efficiency-enhancing effect of voter involvement is significantly positively affected by local governments' fiscal autonomy." (author's abstract)
- Alternative title
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Wähler-Beteiligung, Finanzhoheit und Effizienz des öffentlichen Sektors: Aussagen von deutschen Kommunen
- Location
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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
- Extent
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Online-Ressource, 26 S.
- Language
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Englisch
- Notes
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Veröffentlichungsversion
- Bibliographic citation
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Discussion Papers / Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung, Forschungsschwerpunkt Märkte und Politik, Abteilung Marktprozesse und Steuerung ; Bd. 2009-02
- Classification
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Wirtschaft
- Keyword
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Bürgerbeteiligung
Wahlverhalten
Kommunalpolitik
Kommunale Finanzpolitik
Kommunale Selbstverwaltung
Kommunale Dienstleistung
Technische Effizienz
Social Capital
Deutschland
Baden-Württemberg
Bürgerbeteiligung
Wahlverhalten
Kommunalpolitik
Gemeinde
Finanzpolitik
Kommunale Selbstverwaltung
Kommunale Dienstleistung
Frontier-Funktion
Soziales Kapital
Deutschland
Baden-Württemberg
- Event
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Veröffentlichung
- (where)
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Berlin
- (when)
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2009
- Contributor
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Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung gGmbH
- URN
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urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-258020
- Rights
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Open Access unbekannt; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
- Last update
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25.03.2025, 1:48 PM CET
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Associated
- Geys, Benny
- Heinemann, Friedrich
- Kalb, Alexander
- Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung gGmbH
Time of origin
- 2009
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