Styles of Inter-municipal Cooperation and the Multiple Principal Problem: A Comparative Analysis of European Economic Area Countries

Cooperation in the delivery of public services is generally framed as desirable, but it is often hindered by serious collective action problems. The article compares inter-municipal cooperation in seven countries with different institutional settings. It investigates the rules of governance characte...

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Autores: Bel i Queralt, Germà, 1963-, Bischoff, Ivo, Blåka, Sara, Casula, Mattia, Lysek, Jakub, Swianiewicz, Pawel, Tavares, António F., Voorn, Bart
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de la UB
OAI Identifier:oai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/197527
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/197527
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Palabra clave:Cooperació intergovernamental
Administració municipal
Administració local
Cooperació interterritorial
Intergovernmental cooperation
Municipal government
Local government
Interstate cooperation
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spelling Styles of Inter-municipal Cooperation and the Multiple Principal Problem: A Comparative Analysis of European Economic Area CountriesBel i Queralt, Germà, 1963-Bischoff, IvoBlåka, SaraCasula, MattiaLysek, JakubSwianiewicz, PawelTavares, António F.Voorn, BartCooperació intergovernamentalAdministració municipalAdministració localCooperació interterritorialIntergovernmental cooperationMunicipal governmentLocal governmentInterstate cooperationCooperation in the delivery of public services is generally framed as desirable, but it is often hindered by serious collective action problems. The article compares inter-municipal cooperation in seven countries with different institutional settings. It investigates the rules of governance characterizing these diverse institutional settings and assesses how they deal with the multiple principal problem. The authors find that in almost all cases, all participating municipalities are represented on the supervisory board of the cooperative entity. In contrast, in other less frequent cases cooperation is frequently managed through a different tier of local government, thus circumventing the multiple principal problem affecting inter-municipal arrangements in the other countries.Taylor & Francis2023info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2445/197527Articles publicats en revistes (Econometria, Estadística i Economia Aplicada)reponame:Dipòsit Digital de la UBinstname:Universidad de BarcelonaInglésVersió postprint del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1080/03003930.2022.2041416Local Government Studies, 2023, vol. 49, num. 2, p. 422-445https://doi.org/10.1080/03003930.2022.2041416(c) Taylor & Francis, 2023info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/1975272026-05-27T06:46:51Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Styles of Inter-municipal Cooperation and the Multiple Principal Problem: A Comparative Analysis of European Economic Area Countries
title Styles of Inter-municipal Cooperation and the Multiple Principal Problem: A Comparative Analysis of European Economic Area Countries
spellingShingle Styles of Inter-municipal Cooperation and the Multiple Principal Problem: A Comparative Analysis of European Economic Area Countries
Bel i Queralt, Germà, 1963-
Cooperació intergovernamental
Administració municipal
Administració local
Cooperació interterritorial
Intergovernmental cooperation
Municipal government
Local government
Interstate cooperation
title_short Styles of Inter-municipal Cooperation and the Multiple Principal Problem: A Comparative Analysis of European Economic Area Countries
title_full Styles of Inter-municipal Cooperation and the Multiple Principal Problem: A Comparative Analysis of European Economic Area Countries
title_fullStr Styles of Inter-municipal Cooperation and the Multiple Principal Problem: A Comparative Analysis of European Economic Area Countries
title_full_unstemmed Styles of Inter-municipal Cooperation and the Multiple Principal Problem: A Comparative Analysis of European Economic Area Countries
title_sort Styles of Inter-municipal Cooperation and the Multiple Principal Problem: A Comparative Analysis of European Economic Area Countries
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Bel i Queralt, Germà, 1963-
Bischoff, Ivo
Blåka, Sara
Casula, Mattia
Lysek, Jakub
Swianiewicz, Pawel
Tavares, António F.
Voorn, Bart
author Bel i Queralt, Germà, 1963-
author_facet Bel i Queralt, Germà, 1963-
Bischoff, Ivo
Blåka, Sara
Casula, Mattia
Lysek, Jakub
Swianiewicz, Pawel
Tavares, António F.
Voorn, Bart
author_role author
author2 Bischoff, Ivo
Blåka, Sara
Casula, Mattia
Lysek, Jakub
Swianiewicz, Pawel
Tavares, António F.
Voorn, Bart
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Cooperació intergovernamental
Administració municipal
Administració local
Cooperació interterritorial
Intergovernmental cooperation
Municipal government
Local government
Interstate cooperation
topic Cooperació intergovernamental
Administració municipal
Administració local
Cooperació interterritorial
Intergovernmental cooperation
Municipal government
Local government
Interstate cooperation
description Cooperation in the delivery of public services is generally framed as desirable, but it is often hindered by serious collective action problems. The article compares inter-municipal cooperation in seven countries with different institutional settings. It investigates the rules of governance characterizing these diverse institutional settings and assesses how they deal with the multiple principal problem. The authors find that in almost all cases, all participating municipalities are represented on the supervisory board of the cooperative entity. In contrast, in other less frequent cases cooperation is frequently managed through a different tier of local government, thus circumventing the multiple principal problem affecting inter-municipal arrangements in the other countries.
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Local Government Studies, 2023, vol. 49, num. 2, p. 422-445
https://doi.org/10.1080/03003930.2022.2041416
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