Modele koordynacji lokalnych usług publicznych w kontekście ekonomii kosztów transakcyjnych
Local public service provision models in the context of the transaction costs economics

Summary/Abstract: The theoretical purpose of the study is to discuss both the category of transaction costs and models for the coordination of local public services, with a particular emphasis put on municipal services. The application purpose is to indicate the possibility of using postulates of the transaction costs economics to make decisions related to the economic make or buy dilemma in the area of choice between the market, hierarchy and hybrid. The article analyses the selected literature in the field of new institutional economics and public finance. Literature studies and the analysis of the results of academic research conducted in the United States and selected European countries have shown that the assumptions of the transaction costs economics can be the basis for making efficient decisions regarding the selection of models for the coordination of local public services.

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