Understanding the Dynamic Effect of Contracting Out on the Delivery of Local Public Services

Máñez J., Pérez-López G., Prior D. and Zafra-Gómez J. L. Understanding the dynamic effect of contracting out on the delivery of local public services, Regional Studies. Contracting out is a mechanism through which the delivery of public services can be made more efficient. However, the process has y...

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Published in:Regional studies 2016-12, Vol.50 (12), p.2069-2080
Main Authors: Máñez, Juan, Pérez-lópez, Gemma, Prior, Diego, Zafra-gómez, José luis
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Administration locale
Contracting out
Contraction
Contratación externa
Efficacité
Efficiency
Effizienz
Eficiencia
Externe Auftragsvergabe
Gobierno local
Implementation
Kommunalbehörden
Local government
Long-term effects
Management
Municipalities
Outsourcing
Public sector
Public service
Public services
Regional studies
Regions
Social services delivery
Sous-traitance
地方政府
对外发包
效率
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Summary:Máñez J., Pérez-López G., Prior D. and Zafra-Gómez J. L. Understanding the dynamic effect of contracting out on the delivery of local public services, Regional Studies. Contracting out is a mechanism through which the delivery of public services can be made more efficient. However, the process has yielded conflicting results. This paper presents a dynamic, mixed approach, incorporating an intertemporal frontier and a matching technique, to measure the short- and long-term effects of the implementation of contracting out on the efficiency of local public service delivery. The study demonstrates the existence of temporary inefficiency arising from the change in service management when contracting out takes place, followed by an increase in efficiency among municipalities that contract out, with respect to comparable municipalities that do not do so.
ISSN:0034-3404
1360-0591
DOI:10.1080/00343404.2015.1090561