Efficiency Measurement in Spanish Local Government: The Case of Municipal Water Services

In this work, we established a procedure for evaluation of the efficiency of the water supply. This procedure has allowed us to find that the proposed indicators have a discriminating capability in the analysis of the service, and to reject criticisms traditionally assigned to the sensitivity of the data envelopment analysis (DEA) technique in relation to degrees of freedom. The results obtained show that the population density, as a factor that defines one of the particular characteristics of the surroundings of each municipality, has a statistically significant impact on the indexes of efficiency, this affirmation not being extended to the public or private ownership of the service. The scale inefficiency is higher than the technical inefficiency. These typologies of efficiency are, principally, motivated by the supply side of the service, which is specially linked with the necessary infrastructure. The demand of the citizens is satisfied with a behavior close to optimal.     

Development of Local Government Debt Financing Markets: Application of a Market‐Based Framework

Needed is clear guidance on how to develop market‐based debt financing systems in transitional and developing countries. We propose an analytical framework useful for identifying constraints to financial development and providing recommendations to overcome constraints to develop municipal financing capacity. The proposed framework is applied to five country case studies: Indonesia, Mexico, Philippines, Poland, and South Africa. The thesis of this paper is that municipal credit market development is related to improvements in the legal/regulatory framework governing local borrowing, the capacity of financial institutions to assess risk, and borrower capacity to support and manage debt.     

浅议公安机关在环境噪声污染防治工作中的职责

随着我国经济的发展,人民生活水平的提高,城市工业、交通运输和文化娱乐事业的快速发展,生活噪声污染日益加重,噪声扰民的现象日渐突出。《治安管理处罚法》明确规定了公安机关对环境噪声污染的防治职责和处罚依据。对噪声污染行为进行处罚,应当着重把握五点:一、对噪声污染的法律认定。二、对违法行为主观方面的要求。三、做好取证工作是依法处罚的关键。四、制造噪声的“违法工具”一般不予收缴。五、噪声污染案件适用调解。     

新建本科院校发展战略中的四个基本问题

新建本科院校大多是省属或省市共建高校,具有明显的“地方性”特征,本质上是一种地方高校。新建本科院校为实现自身的健康、可持续发展,必须解决好发展战略选择问题。主要有:合理定位,走特色发展之路;控制规模,走内涵发展之路;融入地方,走互动发展之路;以人为本,走持续发展之路。     

从一起行政案件看信赖保护原则

《行政许可法》第一次通过立法明确了信赖保护原则,必将对我国政府的执法理念、执法方式以及行政相对人合法权益的保护带来深刻的影响。     

软件无线电接收通道关键技术分析与应用

本文基于软件无线电的一种典型结构对软件无线电接收系统中的一些关键技术进行了讨论,并结合一个实际系统进行了数学分析。     

日本警务和相关法律制度粗览与启示

笔者以法学工作者身份应邀访日 ,对日本的警务活动、相关法律制度进行考察后引出启示 :一是法律至上是法律工作者的精神信仰与价值追求 ;二是从事法律工作的人员职业化素养极高并在社会各阶层中具有相当的权威性 ,这是推进国家法治化进程的重要保证 ;三是提高法律工作者素质的重要途径是实行法学教育与司法考试的规范化、科学化。     

Car ownership and welfare‐to‐work

This study examines the role of car ownership in facilitating employment among recipients under the current welfare‐to‐work law. Because of a potential problem with simultaneity, the analysis uses predicted car ownership constructed from two instrumental variables, insurance premiums and population density for car ownership. The data come from a 1999–2000 survey of TANF recipients in the Los Angeles metropolitan area. The empirical results show a significant independent contribution of car ownership on employment. The presence of an predicted ownership is associated with a 9 percentage point increase in the odds of being employed. Moreover, the results indicate that lowering insurance premiums by $100 can increase the odds of employment by 4 percentage points. © 2002 by the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management.     

Interministerielle Netzwerke: Formale und informelle Koordinationsstrukturen bei der Vorbereitung der deutschen Verhandlungspositionen zur Regierungskonferenz 1996

How do German ministries manage the preparation of national negotiation positions for EU intergovernmental conference? After a survey of the debate on organizational deficits of the interministerial coordination in Germany, we are consulting decision- and organization-theoretic approaches in IR. Drawing on organizational economics we concretise and supplement these older frameworks. We conceive the management of a governmental organization as a specific aggregation of heterogeneous preferences and information. Applying social network analysis we take into account formal as well as informal aspects of coordination channels. The objective of this article is to make visible the complex structures and processes that constitute foreign policy making, and to provide a preliminary assessment of its efficiency.