TY  - JOUR
A1  - Kuhlmann, Sabine
A1  - Jäkel, Tim
T1  - Competing, collaborating or controlling? - Comparing benchmarking in European local government
JF  - Public money & management : integrating theory and practice in public management
N2  - The way that local authorities in OECD countries compare and benchmark their performance varies widely. This paper explains some of the reasons behind the variations. The current local government benchmarking schemes in Europe their governance, coverage and impactlargely depend on the institutional characteristics of the respective administrative and local government systems (in other words, the starting conditions). There are signs that, as a result of the fiscal crisis in Europe and need to cut public sector costs, many countries (but not England and Wales) are leaning towards compulsory large-scale benchmarking projects.
KW  - Benchmarking
KW  - cross-country comparison
KW  - local government
KW  - performance assessment
KW  - public sector reform
Y1  - 2013
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1080/09540962.2013.799815
SN  - 0954-0962
VL  - 33
IS  - 4
SP  - 269
EP  - 276
PB  - Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
CY  - Abingdon
ER  -