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Sebastian Eckardt - Accountability and Decentralized Service Delivery

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Sebastian Eckardt

Accountability and Decentralized Service Delivery

2009

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Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis S. 2-12

Acknowledgements S. 13-14

List of Abbreviations/Glossary S. 15-16

Introduction S. 19-21

Theoretical Research Context S. 21-23

Empirical Research Context S. 23-25

Dependent Variable – Defining Government Performance S. 25-28

Independent Variable – Defining Political Accountability S. 28-32

Control Variables S. 32-33

Key Hypotheses S. 33-34

Research Methodology, Problems of Measurement, and Data Sources S. 34-40

Behavioural Assumptions S. 40-42

Structure of the Analysis S. 42

Preference Heterogeneity and External Effects S. 43-48

Inter-jurisdictional Competition S. 48-51

Democratic Decentralization S. 51-55

Local Government Capture S. 55-58

Discussion S. 58-61

Agency Theory S. 61-64

Specification of the Framework: Public Service Delivery as an Incomplete Contract S. 64-66

Delegation and Controllability in Political Contracts S. 66-69

Overcoming Agency Problems- the Role of Political Incentives S. 69-76

A stylized model of local governance S. 76-89

Policy context: The dynamic of decentralization reforms S. 90-95

Policy Content: The Local Governance Framework S. 95-121

Summary S. 121-123

The Empirical Model S. 123-124

Variables and Indicators S. 124-134

Explaining Performance: Empirical Results and Hypotheses S. 134-142

Case selection and research strategy S. 142-147

The Selected Districts in Context S. 147-149

The fiscal impact of decentralization S. 149-164

Government Performance S. 164-176

Political Accountability S. 176-201

Explaining Performance: Case evidence and hypothesis S. 201-207

Revisiting the hypotheses S. 208-221

Making local governments work – Some policy implications S. 221-226

Bibliography S. 227-238

doi.org/10.5771/9783845215334

Peter Mankowski - Commercial Law

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Peter Mankowski (ed.)

Commercial Law

Series: Kooperationswerke Beck - Hart – Nomos

Volume 2018

doi.org/10.5771/9783845276564

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