HOW DID LOCAL GOVERNMENTS RECOVER THEIR FINANCIAL CONDITION? LESSONS FROM CITIZEN PARTICIPATION
- Authors
- Park, Ji Hyung
- Issue Date
- Feb-2023
- Publisher
- Babes-Bolyai University
- Keywords
- citizen participation; democratic management; financial condition; fiscal recovery; local government
- Citation
- Transylvanian Review of Administrative Sciences, v.2023, no.68E, pp.96 - 113
- Journal Title
- Transylvanian Review of Administrative Sciences
- Volume
- 2023
- Number
- 68E
- Start Page
- 96
- End Page
- 113
- URI
- http://scholarworks.bwise.kr/ssu/handle/2018.sw.ssu/43914
- DOI
- 10.24193/tras.68E.6
- ISSN
- 1842-2845
- Abstract
- This study offers lessons for overcoming future economic crises by examining whether democratic management helped local governments recover their financial condition. During the Great Recession, local governments were forced to make painful decisions regarding increased taxes and user charges, and cuts in public services. Several case studies pro-vide evidence that citizen participation allows local-ities to increase property taxes as well as cut public services. However, broader, systematic empirical research is lacking. This study found that local governments with participatory budgeting were more likely to improve their financial condition during the Great Recession. The results allow us to identify the role of citizens in fiscal decision-making, offering lessons on how local governments can overcome possible fiscal crises in the future.
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