Inter-Municipal Cooperation in the Czech Republic: A Public Finance Perspective

Inter-Municipal Cooperation in the Czech Republic: A Public Finance Perspective

Inter-municipal cooperation (IMC) in the Czech Republic is common and flexible and is generally viewed as a means to reduce problems related to the highly fragmented local government structure. The paper utilizes financial and accounting data of public entities to evaluate the character and magnitud...

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Main Author: Sedmihradská Lucie
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2018-12-01
Series:NISPAcee Journal of Public Administration and Policy
Subjects:
inter-municipal cooperation
financial management
local government
czech republic
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2478/nispa-2018-0017
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spelling doaj-66c9558a58094d50be331e0dc22303712021-09-06T19:22:39ZengSciendoNISPAcee Journal of Public Administration and Policy1337-90381338-43092018-12-0111215317010.2478/nispa-2018-0017nispa-2018-0017Inter-Municipal Cooperation in the Czech Republic: A Public Finance PerspectiveSedmihradská Lucie0Department of Public Finance, University of Economics,Prague, Czech RepublicInter-municipal cooperation (IMC) in the Czech Republic is common and flexible and is generally viewed as a means to reduce problems related to the highly fragmented local government structure. The paper utilizes financial and accounting data of public entities to evaluate the character and magnitude of inter-municipal cooperation in the Czech Republic. It concludes that the extent of public services provided based on the service contracts or through institutionalized forms of IMC is quite limited and that the majority of the IMC is somewhat informal and soft , e.g. exchange of experience and ad-hoc projects.https://doi.org/10.2478/nispa-2018-0017inter-municipal cooperationfinancial managementlocal governmentczech republic
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author Sedmihradská Lucie
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Inter-Municipal Cooperation in the Czech Republic: A Public Finance Perspective
NISPAcee Journal of Public Administration and Policy
inter-municipal cooperation
financial management
local government
czech republic
author_facet Sedmihradská Lucie
author_sort Sedmihradská Lucie
title Inter-Municipal Cooperation in the Czech Republic: A Public Finance Perspective
title_short Inter-Municipal Cooperation in the Czech Republic: A Public Finance Perspective
title_full Inter-Municipal Cooperation in the Czech Republic: A Public Finance Perspective
title_fullStr Inter-Municipal Cooperation in the Czech Republic: A Public Finance Perspective
title_full_unstemmed Inter-Municipal Cooperation in the Czech Republic: A Public Finance Perspective
title_sort inter-municipal cooperation in the czech republic: a public finance perspective
publisher Sciendo
series NISPAcee Journal of Public Administration and Policy
issn 1337-9038
1338-4309
publishDate 2018-12-01
description Inter-municipal cooperation (IMC) in the Czech Republic is common and flexible and is generally viewed as a means to reduce problems related to the highly fragmented local government structure. The paper utilizes financial and accounting data of public entities to evaluate the character and magnitude of inter-municipal cooperation in the Czech Republic. It concludes that the extent of public services provided based on the service contracts or through institutionalized forms of IMC is quite limited and that the majority of the IMC is somewhat informal and soft , e.g. exchange of experience and ad-hoc projects.
topic inter-municipal cooperation
financial management
local government
czech republic
url https://doi.org/10.2478/nispa-2018-0017
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