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Managing austerity: rhetorical and real responses to fiscal stress in local government

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  • J. F. A. (Tom) Overmans
  • Mirko Noordegraaf

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Coping with fiscal stress is a major challenge. Four responses can be identified for managing austerity: decline, cutbacks, retrenchment, and downsizing. Rhetorically, governments are innovative. In reality, however, fiscal measures that tend towards stability are most often used. This paper unpicks current austerity practices in Dutch cities, identifying successes and failures.

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  • J. F. A. (Tom) Overmans & Mirko Noordegraaf, 2014. "Managing austerity: rhetorical and real responses to fiscal stress in local government," Public Money & Management, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 34(2), pages 99-106, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:pubmmg:v:34:y:2014:i:2:p:99-106
    DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2014.887517
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    1. David Carassus & Marcel Guenoun & Younes Samali, 2017. "Looking for savings in local governments: what devices to what rationalities? More control or more steering? [La recherche d’économies dans les collectivités territoriales : quels dispositifs pour ," Post-Print hal-01794397, HAL.
    2. Sébastien Dony, 2017. "Ce que nous apprennent les démarches d'amélioration de l'efficience dans les collectivités territoriales," Post-Print hal-01907400, HAL.
    3. Andrés Navarro-Galera & Francisco José Alcaraz-Quiles & David Ortiz-Rodriguez, 2018. "Enhancing Sustainability Transparency in Local Governments—An Empirical Research in Europe," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(7), pages 1-22, June.
    4. Hao Shi & Bing Ye, 2024. "Unfunded mandates and taxation," Fiscal Studies, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 45(1), pages 77-106, March.
    5. Emil Turc & Marcel Guenoun, 2019. "Dimensions et modalités des programmes de réduction des coûts mis en œuvre par les collectivités territoriales françaises," Post-Print hal-03511291, HAL.
    6. Ye, Bing & Lin, Ling, 2020. "Environmental regulation and responses of local governments," China Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 60(C).
    7. Younes Samali & David Carassus, 2017. "La recherche d’économies dans les collectivités territoriales : Quels effets des démarches du contrôle et du pilotage sur la performance financière locale ?," Post-Print hal-02142213, HAL.
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    9. Phil Higson, 2017. "From customer service to customer-driven services: Practitioner perspectives on a strategy for dealing with local authority austerity budgets," Local Economy, London South Bank University, vol. 32(7), pages 778-795, November.

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