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Austin M. Aldag
Researcher at Cornell University
Publications - 10
Citations - 245
Austin M. Aldag is an academic researcher from Cornell University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Local government & Financial crisis. The author has an hindex of 7, co-authored 9 publications receiving 151 citations.
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Re-municipalization in the US: a pragmatic response to contracting
TL;DR: This article conducted a survey of US local governments and found service outcomes (quality, cost savings and efficiency) are the primary drivers of re-municipalization, not political pressures.
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Austerity urbanism or pragmatic municipalism? Local government responses to fiscal stress in New York State:
TL;DR: In this article, the authors warn about an austerity urbanism response wherein local governments cut and privatize services, while some scholars warn about a "cronosizing urbanism" response.
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Cooperation, not cost savings: explaining duration of shared service agreements
TL;DR: In this article, the authors conducted a survey of the literature regarding the determinants of longer-term shared service agreements among local governments and found that inter-municipal cooperation is the growing reform.
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Privatization and intermunicipal cooperation in US local government services: balancing fiscal stress, need and political interests
TL;DR: The 2007-2008 Global Financial Crisis renewed interest in New Public Management tools as mentioned in this paper, and Privatization and intermunicipal cooperation are the two most common forms of service delivery reforms among U...