Decentralization And Effiency In Spanish Local Goverment
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Keywords
Análisis de la actividad; descentralización; eficiencia; gobierno local Activity analysis; decentralization; efficiency; local government;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D24 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Production; Cost; Capital; Capital, Total Factor, and Multifactor Productivity; Capacity
- D60 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - General
- H71 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - State and Local Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue
- H72 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - State and Local Budget and Expenditures
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-EFF-2006-03-11 (Efficiency and Productivity)
- NEP-GEO-2006-03-11 (Economic Geography)
- NEP-PBE-2006-03-11 (Public Economics)
- NEP-URE-2006-03-11 (Urban and Real Estate Economics)
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