Juan Carlos Garrido-Rodríguez

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors considered elements of long-term financial condition and ideological and political strength, together with other socioeconomic factors and the effects of the current global financial crisis, to address the financial stress-privatisation relationship, with respect to urban water services, observed during the period 2002-2012 in Spanish municipalities.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors conduct an analysis of the elements of public finances that favor the contracting out of social services, together with political and socioeconomic issues, and show that while most indicators of a worsening financial condition, along with the neighborhood effect and a conservative political ideology, increase the likelihood of contracting out taking place, the "Austerity Machine" is not associated with a greater probability of social care being contracted out in larger municipalities.

TL;DR: The results obtained show that on average local managers disclose information corresponding to 60% of the indicators considered, but that only 52% of these indicators of transparency present a moderate or considerable depth of content, reflecting a pattern of limited information disclosure.

TL;DR: The presente trabajo propone un nuevo metodo for obtener una evaluacion a largo plazo de la eficiencia of the estimación of fronteras parciales robustas orden-m as discussed by the authors.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors proposed a new method to measure the quality and content of municipal information disclosure, avoiding the creation of a synthetic index, highlighting the elements of transparency that provide optimal information, in quality and quantity.