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100	1		_aEBINGER, Falk _954520
245	1	0	_aDecentralizing for performance? A quantitative assessment of functional reforms in the German Länder
260			_aLos Angeles : _bSage, _cJune 2016
520	3		_aIn the last 10 years, the governments of most of the German Länder initiated administrative reforms. All of these ventures included the municipalization of substantial sets of tasks. As elsewhere, governments argue that service delivery by communes is more cost-efficient, effective and responsive. Empirical evidence to back these claims is inconsistent at best: a considerable number of case studies cast doubt on unconditionally positive appraisals. Decentralization effects seem to vary depending on the performance dimension and task considered. However, questions of generalizability arise as these findings have not yet been backed by more ‘objective’ archival data. We provide empirical evidence on decentralization effects for two different policy fields based on two studies. Thereby, the article presents alternative avenues for research on decentralization effects and matches the theoretical expectations on decentralization effects with more robust results. The analysis confirms that overly positive assertions concerning decentralization effects are only partially warranted. As previous case studies suggested, effects have to be looked at in a much more differentiated way, including starting conditions and distinguishing between the various relevant performance dimensions and policy fields.
700	1		_aRICHTER, Philipp _954521
773	0	8	_tInternational Review of Administrative Sciences _g82, 2, p. 291-314 _dLos Angeles : Sage, June 2016 _xISSN 00208523 _w
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998			_a20170811 _b1108^b _cLarissa
999			_aConvertido do Formato PHL _bPHL2MARC21 1.1 _c50885 _d50885
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