The current economic and political climate places ever greater pressure on public
organizations to deliver services in a cost-efficient way. Focused on the costs of service …

What accounts for patterns of city adoption and abandonment of council‐manager
government? Despite dozens of empirical studies, we lack a systematic understanding of …

The history of the Netherlands reveals major shifts from centralisation of government tasks
towards decentralisation and vice versa. In the 17th century, the Republic of United …

Governments' net assets balances are viewed as a measure of fiscal health and have been
linked to municipal credit ratings. This study explores the extent to which ambient …

The history of the Netherlands reveals major shifts from centralisation of government tasks
towards decentralisation and vice versa. In the seventeenth century, the Republic of United …

Many governments offer other postemployment benefits (OPEBs) to employees, and
discretionary contributions to OPEBs plans are important to plan financial well-being. This …

General principles of functioning of state-legal phenomena are an integral element of the
constitutional science subject. The urgency of the article topic is determined with the need …