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- Title
Untangling the Complexity of the Association between Contracting and Local Fiscal Performance and Income Inequality in Terms of Competing Values.
- Authors
YOUNGMIN OH; JONGSUN PARK; SEUNGHOO LIM
- Abstract
Public contracting is designed to reduce costs and to enhance service quality. However, few prior studies have clarified the multiple performance dimensions of public service delivery influenced by contracting. This study empirically tests how different contracting elements are associated with local fiscal performance and income inequality in terms of competing values. For the test, the different contracting elements (scope, competition, stability, specification and monitoring) are respectively measured through a nationwide public service delivery survey. Multiple performance values of public service delivery (efficiency, effectiveness and equity) are measured through local fiscal data and the Gini index. Overall, competitive market is associated only with efficiency, while stability is related only to equity.
- Subjects
MUNICIPAL services; FISCAL policy; INCOME inequality; CONTRACTS; PERFORMANCE evaluation; ECONOMIC competition; INDUSTRIAL organization (Economic theory)
- Publication
Lex Localis: Journal of Local Self-Government, 2014, Vol 12, Issue 4, p851
- ISSN
1581-5374
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4335/12.4.851-872(2014)