Abstract:Purpose -This research aims to analyze in an unprecedented way the behavior of costs in local government, since the current literature is incipient and there are still doubts about the application of the cost stickiness phenomenon to the pure public sector.Theoretical framework -The study approaches cost stickiness from the Theory of Public Finance perspective.Design/methodology/approach -This is an unprecedented, exploratory study with robust panel data regression statistics. We analyzed 295 local governments… Show more
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