Controlling Local Government Expenditures

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1992-08

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Shields, Patricia M.

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John Wiley & Sons

Abstract

This chapter examines privatization as a method of expenditure control. In the first section, its philosophical underpinnings are explored. Subsequent sections introduce and assess techniques of privatization such as load shedding, contracting, franchising, self-help, and volunteers. Contracting receives special attention.

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fiscal stress, expenditure control, local government, contracting out, privatization, Political Science

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Shields, P. M. (1992). Controlling Local Government Expenditures. In N. G. Apostolou & D. L. Crumbley (Eds.) Handbook of Governmental Accounting and Finance, pp. 1 - 17.

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