01619pab a2200193 454500008004000000100002400040245007600064260000900140300001600149362001200165520101300177650002001190700002801210700001901238773003301257909001101290999001901301952010501320180718b2015   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aPetersen, Ole Helby  aContracting out local services: a tale of technical and social services  c2015  ap. 560-570.  aJul-Aug  aGovernments face a fundamental choice between in-house production and contracting out for the delivery of services to citizens. This article examines the importance of ideology, fiscal pressure, and size for contracting out in technical and social services. The analysis builds on a panel data set covering municipal spending on services in all 98 Danish municipalities. The authors find that contracting out is shaped by ideology in social services but not in technical services, which indicates that social services are the contemporary ideological battlefield of privatization. The analysis further reveals that economically prosperous municipalities are more likely to contract out social services, whereas contracting out of technical services is not influenced by economic affluence. Finally, larger municipalities contract out more in technical services but less in social services, demonstrating that the size effect is contingent on the transaction cost characteristics of the service. - Reproduced.  aSocial services  aChristensen, Lasse Ring  aHoulberg, Kurt  aPublic Administration Review  a109070  c109065d109065  00104070aIIPAbIIPAd2018-07-19hVolume no: 75, Issue no: 4pAR109530r2018-07-19w2018-07-19yAR