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100			_aPetersen, Ole Helby
245			_aContracting out local services: a tale of technical and social services
260			_c2015
300			_ap. 560-570.
362			_aJul-Aug
520			_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.
650			_aSocial services
700			_aChristensen, Lasse Ring
700			_aHoulberg, Kurt
773			_aPublic Administration Review
909			_a109070
999			_c109065 _d109065