Markets and municipalities: A study of the behavior of the Danish municipalities

被引：31
作者：
Christoffersen, H [1 ]
Paldam, M
机构：
[1] Aarhus Univ, Inst Econ, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
[2] AKF, DK-1602 Copenhagen, Denmark
来源：
PUBLIC CHOICE | 2003年 / 114卷 / 1-2期
关键词：
Public Finance; Potential Explanation; Complex Pattern; Group Politics; Danish Municipality;
D O I：
10.1023/A:1020888230704
中图分类号：
F [经济];
学科分类号：
02 ;
摘要：
The complex pattern of Market Orientation of the 275 Danish municipalities is analyzed. An MO-variable is constructed from a poll covering 12 tasks, where municipalities are free to produce the service or purchase it on the market. Six potential explanations of the MO-pattern are operationalized. Four of those work: (1) MO is a modernization, (2) spreading by diffusion. (3) MO increases if the municipality is under economic pressure. (4) MO stays low if the fraction of the population that depends upon the public sector is large. While stakeholder/pressure group politics thus works, explanations based on ideology/ partisanship fail. In the integrated Copenhagen metropolitan area most explanations fail.
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页码：79 / 102
页数：24
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