Since the 1990s, many of the 2,842 Swiss municipalities have reached their performance
limits when fulfilling their tasks. As a response to this problem, different reforms have been …

When the newly liberated countries of Central and Eastern Europe created, as one of their
first actions, genuinely elected local government, they were reacting against the …

In this paper we review several 'models' of governing structure found in metropolitan areas
around the world from a fiscal perspective. We evaluate how different models achieve …

Skalenerträge in der öffentlichen Kernverwaltung sind ein wichtiges Argument in der
Diskussion um Gemeindezusammenschlüsse. Sie wurden empirisch jedoch noch wenig …

Las grandes zonas metropolitanas son, en todo lugar, importantes generadores de empleo,
riqueza y crecimiento de la productividad. Más que esto, esas zonas parecen tener cada …

_ This paper offers some insights into the governance of homeless services provision in two
post-socialist countries–Hungary and Slovenia–focusing on the emerging roles of NGOs …

Economies of scale in municipal administration are an important argument in the discussion
on municipal mergers. However, they are seldom studied empirically. It is suggested here to …

Straipsnio tikslas–įvertinti, kaip funkcinė Lietuvos savivaldybių decentralizacija atsispindi
teisės aktuose decentralizacijos dedamųjų požiūriu. Funkcijų paskirstymą svarbu nagrinėti …

U javnoj raspravi o stanju lokalne samouprave u Hrvatskoj pretežu ocjene o neracionalnosti
postojećeg sustava te prijedlozi za ukidanje malih i slabih jedinica lokalne samouprave. U …

Gesellschaftliche und wirtschaftliche Veränderungen (z. B. höheres Anspruchsniveau der
Bürgerinnen und Bürger und wirtschaftliche Rezession zu Beginn der 1990er Jahre) haben …