Rethinking New Public Management Delivery Forms and Efficiency: Long-Term Effects in Spanish Local Government: Table 1

The efficiency and effectiveness of municipally owned corporations: a systematic review

“…Five studies, all large-N studies, find that mixed MOCs realise real efficiency gains (Bognetti and Robotti 2007;Filippini and Prioni 2003;Garrone, Grilli, and Rousseau 2013;Marra 2007;Pérez-López, Prior, and Zafra-Gómez 2015). Furthermore, three other studies, all small-N case studies, emphasise potential efficiency gains from mixed MOCs, but show that these could not come to long-term fruition due to goal conflict and negotiation problems (Da Cruz and Marques 2012;Marques and Berg 2011) or labour conflict (Swarts and Warner 2014).…”

Municipalities’ Choices of Service Delivery Modes: The Influence of Service, Political, Governance, and Financial Characteristics

“…Recent research in the Netherlands, the country on which this study focuses, has, for example, shown that half of the municipalities have switched their mode of garbage collection between 1998 and 2010, with two-thirds of the switches being towards outside production, mostly by contracting out (Gradus et al 2014). Furthermore, research has also shown that municipalities are increasingly using other ways of delivering local services (Pérez-López et al 2015). Whereas the main distinction made was traditionally between in-house and out-house (privatized) service delivery modes, other forms, such as inter-municipal cooperation and municipality-owned firms, can now be commonly observed.…”

Local governments' efficiency: a systematic literature review—part I

“…() and Pérez‐López et al. () an analysis of local government performance is assessed with a sample of municipalities between 1,000 and 50,000 inhabitants for the years from 2000 to 2010. The first study splits municipalities into clusters according to various criteria (output mix, environmental condition, and level of powers).…”

“…() used the number of new connections to potable water network conduct while Pérez‐López et al. () used the water network length. Finally, Prieto and Zofio () measured the treated flow, the water tanks' capacity, the water distribution net shortage, and their quality condition. Electricity (3 papers)Only three studies measure the provision of electricity by a municipality, measured as the number of consumer units or households receiving electricity …”

“…() used the number of new connections to potable water network conduct while Pérez‐López et al. () used the water network length. Finally, Prieto and Zofio () measured the treated flow, the water tanks' capacity, the water distribution net shortage, and their quality condition.…”