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Toward a New Understanding of Alternative Service Delivery: Why Do Local Governments Decide to Contract Out?
Author(s) -
Korosec Ronnie LaCourse
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
southeastern political review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1747-1346
pISSN - 0730-2177
DOI - 10.1111/j.1747-1346.1997.tb00842.x
Subject(s) - service delivery framework , business , politics , service (business) , empirical research , public economics , process (computing) , economics , marketing , political science , philosophy , epistemology , law , computer science , operating system
There is limited empirical evidence on why municipal contracting takes place. To fill this void, this research presents a comprehensive model of service contracting which incorporates the economic, demographic, political, organizational, and legal variables that influence contracting decisions. The types of factors which influence the decision to contract out are identified through regression analysis and case studies. Economic‐based factors, demographic factors, and organizational factors are found to be the most important determinants of local contracting decisions. These findings are an important addition to understanding the municipal service delivery decision‐making process.