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Innovations in Financing Public Services

Country Case Studies

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  • © 2010

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Editors:
  1. Stephen J. Bailey

    1. Glasgow Caledonian University, UK

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  2. Pekka Valkama

    1. University of Tampere, Finland
      University of Turku, Finland

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  3. Ari-Veikko Anttiroiko

    1. Department of Regional Studies, University of Tampere, Finland

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Innovative Public Finance: Definition, Practice and Context

    • Pekka Valkama, Ari-Veikko Anttiroiko, Stephen J. Bailey
    Pages 1-13

  3. Beyond PFI: Procurement of Public Sector Infrastructure and the Evolving Plurality of Methods in the UK

    • Darinka Asenova, Matthias Beck, Stephen J. Bailey
    Pages 14-37

  4. Innovations in Private Sector Provision of Infrastructure in South Korea

    • Surk-Tae Kim
    Pages 38-58

  5. The Distinctive Financing of Road Infrastructures in Spain: Evolution and Innovation

    • Basilio Acerete
    Pages 59-86

  6. Public-Private Partnerships in Slovenia: Reverse Financial Innovations Enhancing the Public Role

    • Nevenka Hrovatin
    Pages 87-113

  7. Local Government Funding Agencies: Lessons from Success and Failure

    • Nicholas Anderson, Stephen J. Bailey, Hartwig Pautz
    Pages 114-134

  8. Innovation in Local Government Risk Financing: Lessons from the UK and Nordic Experiences

    • John Hood, Bill Stein, Pekka Valkama
    Pages 135-159

  9. Innovations in Financing Higher Education in Slovakia

    • Miroslav Beblavý, Peter Mederly, Emília Sičáková-Beblavá
    Pages 160-183

  10. Innovation in the Turkish Budgetary System: Recent Developments in Public Governance

    • Hulya Kirmanoglu, Pinar Akkoyunlu
    Pages 184-202

  11. Co-Payments: Innovations in the Balance between Public and Private Finance

    • Stephen J. Bailey
    Pages 203-227

  12. Vouchers as Innovative Funding of Public Services

    • Pekka Valkama, Stephen J. Bailey, Ian C. Elliott
    Pages 228-252

  13. Public Service Vouchers in the UK and Finland

    • Ian C. Elliott, Pekka Valkama, Stephen J. Bailey
    Pages 253-274

  14. Back Matter

    Pages 275-292
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About this book

This book explores new forms of private, mutual municipal, public-private and 'reverse' state funding of public investments, co-payments and shared contributions, vouchers, and pooled public risk-financing. It includes case studies taken from the Nordic countries, UK, Spain, Slovenia, Slovakia, Turkey and South Korea.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Glasgow Caledonian University, UK

    Stephen J. Bailey

  • University of Tampere, Finland

    Pekka Valkama

  • University of Turku, Finland

    Pekka Valkama

  • Department of Regional Studies, University of Tampere, Finland

    Ari-Veikko Anttiroiko

About the editors

BASILIO ACERETE is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Accounting and Finance at the University of Zaragoza, Spain PINAR AKKOYUNLU is Associate Professor in the Department of Public Finance at Istanbul University, Turkey NICHOLAS ANDERSON is Senior Vice-President at the Swedish Export Credit Corporation (SEK) DARINKA ASENOVA is Reader in the Department of Accounting, Finance and Risk at Glasgow Caledonian University, UK MIROSLAV BEBLAVÝ is Associate Professor of Public Policy at the Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia, Chairman of the Slovak Governance Institute and Senior Research Fellow at the Center for European Policy Studies in Brussels, Belgium MATTHIAS BECK is Professor of Public Sector Management and Research Director at the University of York Management School, UK IAN ELLIOTT is Lecturer and Programme Leader of the Executive Masters in Public Services Management at Queen Margaret University, UK JOHN HOOD is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Accounting, Finance and Risk at Glasgow Caledonian University, UK NEVENKA HROVATIN is Professor of Economics in the Faculty of Economics, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia SURK-TAE KIM is Professor in the Department of Public Administration at Kyungpook National University, Daegu, South Korea HULYA KIRMANOGLU is Professor in the Department of Public Finance, Faculty of Economics at Istanbul University, Turkey PETER MEDERLY is Associate Professor at Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia EMÍLIA SI?ÁKOVÁ-BEBLAVÁ is Associate Professor of Public Policy at the Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia HARTWIG PAUTZ is Lecturer in the Department of Economic Studies and International Business at Glasgow Caledonian University, UK BILL STEIN is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Accounting, Finance& Risk at Glasgow Caledonian University, UK

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