Research into local government, finance and taxation. Local governments face major challenges, both administratively and financially.

Within this research theme, questions can be addressed such as:

• A promise is a promise. How reliable are the multi-year plans of Flemish local governments?
• Financial performance measures in Flemish local governments
• Big or small? What is the optimal size of a local government?
• Nobody likes taxes... or do they? Relationship between satisfaction with local government and local tax rates.
• What about financial analysis in the public sector? Sense or nonsense of applying ratio analysis to public organisations. .
• The electoral investment cycle in local governments revisited
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