Social and/or political involvement within the population is often argued to enhance public sector performance. The underlying idea is that engagement fosters political awareness and interest and increases the public’s monitoring ability. Still, weak fiscal autonomy can undermine voters’ interest in and demand for an efficient production of public services. In our contribution, we test whether and how voter involvement in the political sphere is related to government performance – in terms of its efficiency – using a broad panel of German municipalities. Our results suggest that voter involvement indeed has a positive impact on cost efficiency. Crucially, however, this efficiency-enhancing effect of voter involvement is significantly positi...
Using a unique set of electoral rules present in the Austrian state of Vorarlberg, we explore the qu...
A lack of transparency about policy performance can pose a major obstacle to welfare-enhancing polic...
This paper exploits the introduction of the right of referenda at the local level in the German sta...
""Social and/or political involvement within the population is often argued to enhance public sector...
Social and/or political involvement within the population is often argued to enhance public sector p...
This paper studies the role of direct democracy in ensuring efficient and cost effective provision o...
"Von bürgerschaftlichem Engagement wird oft behauptet, es erhöhe die öffentliche Kontrolle. Doch ein...
Die Proteste um den Stuttgarter Hauptbahnhof haben die Diskussion über das Verhältnis zwischen Bürge...
Devolving tax authority to lower-level jurisdictions in a federation is often argued to better align...
Researching the organization and functioning of public administration, especially self-government, i...
It is generally accepted that fiscal decentralization increases citizens’ control over politicians, ...
Angesichts weitreichender Folgen der US-amerikanischen Subprime-Krise und steigender Wohnungspreise ...
Using a unique set of electoral rules present in the Austrian state of Vorarlberg, we explore the qu...
A lack of transparency about policy performance can pose a major obstacle to welfare-enhancing polic...
This paper exploits the introduction of the right of referenda at the local level in the German sta...
""Social and/or political involvement within the population is often argued to enhance public sector...
Social and/or political involvement within the population is often argued to enhance public sector p...
This paper studies the role of direct democracy in ensuring efficient and cost effective provision o...
"Von bürgerschaftlichem Engagement wird oft behauptet, es erhöhe die öffentliche Kontrolle. Doch ein...
Die Proteste um den Stuttgarter Hauptbahnhof haben die Diskussion über das Verhältnis zwischen Bürge...
Devolving tax authority to lower-level jurisdictions in a federation is often argued to better align...
Researching the organization and functioning of public administration, especially self-government, i...
It is generally accepted that fiscal decentralization increases citizens’ control over politicians, ...
Angesichts weitreichender Folgen der US-amerikanischen Subprime-Krise und steigender Wohnungspreise ...
Using a unique set of electoral rules present in the Austrian state of Vorarlberg, we explore the qu...
A lack of transparency about policy performance can pose a major obstacle to welfare-enhancing polic...
This paper exploits the introduction of the right of referenda at the local level in the German sta...