María-Dolores Guillamón
Biographic Data
| ID | 1101034 |
|---|---|
| NAME | María-Dolores Guillamón |
| GIVEN NAMES | María-Dolores |
| FAMILY NAME | Guillamón |
| SIGNATURE | GUILLAMÓN M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universidad de Murcia |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7331-5167 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 32 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 160 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 32 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Tourism Specialisation and Sustainable Development Performance in Spanish Cities
Tourism specialisation and sustainable development performance are key dimensions of urban sustainability debates. This study investigates the association between tourism specialisation and sustainable development performance, operationalised through the sustainable development goals (SDGs), in Spanish cities. Drawing on a cross‐sectional sample of 92 municipalities, the analysis employs an ordinary least squares regression model to assess the re…
Building Sustainable Cities: How Local Investment Drives SDG Performance
This study investigates the impact of local government financial structures on achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at the municipal level. Using data from 82 Spanish municipalities, we construct a composite index that measures progress across 16 goals, excluding SDG 14, which is not directly relevant at the local scale. Drawing on public capital theory and endogenous growth theory, we hypothesise that investment expe…
Silent Decline, Loud Indicators: Depopulation and the Measurement of Per Capita Fiscal Outcomes in Small Municipalities
This study examines the relationship between depopulation from 2015 to 2022 and changes in key per capita fiscal indicators in Spanish municipalities with fewer than 20,000 inhabitants. Using a long-difference approach and disaggregating by population size, it analyzes associations between population decline and debt, nonfinancial expenditure, and nonfinancial revenue per capita, distinguishing between taxes and transfers. Results show that depop…
Understanding the Factors Influencing SDG Achievement Across Nations: A Comprehensive Study
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) provide a framework for addressing global challenges and building a more equitable and sustainable future for all. Governments must coordinate to achieve the SDGs, addressing capacity and resource constraints, as well as political, institutional, and socio‐economic barriers. In this context, this study examines the determinants affecting the achievement of the SDGs in 83 countries from 2016 to 2021, using …
Governing for the Goals: How Governance Quality Shapes the Achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals
Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030 remains a major global challenge, as progress continues to vary significantly across countries. While governance is widely recognized as a key enabler of sustainable development, few studies have systematically explored how its various dimensions affect SDG performance at the national level. This study addresses this gap by analyzing a balanced panel of 145 countries over the period 2016–…
The influence of local government transparency on the implementation of the sustainable development goals in municipalities
Purpose Nowadays, there is a strong public interest in promoting transparency to be informed about the actions of the public sector. At the same time, there has been a significant change in society’s perceptions and concerns about sustainable development, with a marked increase in attention to this area. In this context, our main objective is to investigate the impact of transparency practices in local government on the implementation of the Sust…
The relationship between culture and sustainable development goal compliance at the municipal level
This study assesses the role of culture in achieving the sustainable development goals (SDGs) in the Spanish public sector, focusing on the influence of local government cultural spending and education levels on SDG compliance in municipalities. Cultural spending, considered as a percentage of total non‐financial local government spending, municipal education levels and SDG implementation indicators from the Sustainable Development Solutions Netw…
Gender pay gap in Spanish local governments
The Influence of Transparency on Municipal Taxation: An Empirical Analysis
Local government officials are accountable to citizens, who increasingly demand more transparency given the amount of taxes they pay. This paper analyses the relationship between municipal tax revenues and transparency in Spain. Based on a sample of 141 Spanish municipalities with more than 15,000 inhabitants and applying least squares regression and instrumental variable analysis based on two-stage least squares regression, we find that the most…
Transparency in public administrations: A structured literature review
Purpose Literature about transparency in public-sector organizations has been attracting the attention of scholars for the last two decades. This study reviews the existing literature with the intention of creating a description of the state of the art, categorized by geographical areas, levels of government, topics, and methodologies. Design/methodology/approach The authors have developed a structured literature review following a rigorous proto…
What factors make a municipality more involved in meeting the Sustainable Development Goals? Empirical evidence
According to the Institutional Theory, governments must respond to the climate and socio-economic challenges of the future by implementing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Moreover, in line with the Legitimacy Theory, governments need to adhere to the timetable of the 2030 Agenda to reduce social and economic disparities and avoid the serious environmental problems caused by current lifestyles. To achieve the SDGs, it is essential to eng…
Digital democracy: A systematic literature review
Digital democracy provides a new space for community involvement in democratic life. This study aims to conduct a systematic literature review to uncover the trend of concepts in the study of digital democracy. This study used descriptive analysis with data sources derived from the Scopus database from the period between 2014 and 2020 (a total of 230 articles) and processed with VOSviewer. The results showed three dominant concepts, namely democr…
Financial Health of Local Governments: A Gender Approach
In recent years, public sector research has developed a line related to women’s participation in government and its effect on public finances. In this vein, this article attempts to empirically analyze the effect women’s presence in local governments has on municipal financial health. For that, we use a sample of the 140 Spanish municipalities with more than 50,000 inhabitants during the period 2008–2018 and we create four indicators that refer t…
The sustainable development goals: How does their implementation affect the financial sustainability of the largest Spanish municipalities
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) present a universal challenge to which all society must be committed. Local governments play a fundamental role as they are closest to citizens, with first‐hand knowledge of their needs and as providers of essential services. Municipal governments are involved in many aspects of SDG implementation. Thus, these governments should work towards their implementation, bearing in mind that involvement in these i…
The Role of Women in Local Governments: An Analysis of Efficiency in Spain
Female representation may be a key factor in improving the quality of governance. In fact, the literature considers that the presence of women in organisations tends to improve performance. In this context, this paper attempts to analyse whether the presence of women in municipal councils has an influence on the efficiency of public services for a sample of 141 Spanish municipalities with more than 50,000 inhabitants for the period 2014–2018. Our…
Factors influencing the structure of municipal taxation. Special reference to political corruption
There are few studies that relate tax revenues to corruption at the municipal level due to their great complexity and the difficulty in obtaining data. Continuing the research we started years ago, the main objective of this article is to analyse whether municipal political corruption influences some or all tax revenues. A panel database of all Spanish municipalities with more than 50,000 inhabitants is compiled for the period 2002–2013. The most…
Influence of managerial ability on the re-election of municipal political parties
This article investigates whether citizens reward those politicians who achieve better results in public management with re-election. It analyses the last three electoral processes in Spanish local governments, a period that runs from the beginning of the economic crisis (2007) to the last municipal elections (2019). For periods of financial crisis, the results indicate a higher probability of re-election for governments that have better managed …
Does gender matter in budget deviations? An empirical assessment of Spanish local governments
By using a sample of 140 Spanish municipalities for the period 2008-2018, our results show that the gender of the mayor and the percentage of women councillors in local governments influence budget deviations both in expenditures and revenues. Concretely, municipalities with women mayors and more female members tend to overestimate revenues and underestimate expenditures; but these effects turn contrary when the number of female councillors incre…
Efficiency and sustainability in municipal social policies
Local governments play a crucial role in the fight for a more sustainable world and, therefore, in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), as they are the closest public entities to citizens and best know their needs. Local governments should be the driving force behind integrating the different areas of sustainability in their municipalities, especially in social services, which is the focus of this paper. However, these governments …
Flypaper effect and partisanship theories best explain municipal financial performance in Latin America
There is an ongoing debate about the determinants of municipal financial performance around the world, including Central America. This article fills a research gap using data from the 298 Honduran municipalities for 2002–2015. Partisanship theories are found to be the strongest explanatory factor, for leftist governments show greater total municipal spending. Political alignment also has a weak, positive impact on investment spending. The elector…
Measurement and determinants of efficiency in the municipal police service
Transparency and efficient management in local governments
Impact of politicians’ salaries and their dedication regime on the efficiency of municipal public services
Cases of corruption, the financial and economic crisis, and citizens' growing interest in public affairs have contributed to the political changes that have taken place in Spain in recent years. In this scenario, in which new political actors appear, this research analyses whether politicians' remuneration, their dedication regime and several socio-political and economic variables have an impact on the efficiency of the main municipal services. T…
Political Budget Cycles in Public Revenues: Evidence From Fines
This article seeks to ascertain whether local governments make improper use of their discretion and use pecuniary sanctions for electoral purposes. To this end, a sample of Spanish municipalities with a population of more than 1,000 citizens during the period 2010 to 2016 has been used. Our results show that revenues from fines are influenced by the presence of elections. In particular, we find that local governments in an election year reduce th…
Determinants of efficiency improvement in the Spanish public lighting sector
The Determinants of Local Government's Financial Transparency
This paper contributes to the scarce literature on government transparency by analysing the impact of political and socio-economic factors on municipal financial transparency. Our sample covers the 100 largest Spanish municipalities in 2008. Compulsory publicity and transparency are key to public management (rule-of-law theory). Our data show that Spanish municipalities are providing financial information beyond the legal requirements, thus excee…
Factors influencing social media use in local governments: The case of Italy and Spain
Is transparency a way to improve efficiency? An assessment of Spanish municipalities
This paper shows that the level of municipal transparency influences the level of efficiency, which is measured by parametric and non-parametric techniques. More concretely, the findings suggest that the most transparent municipalities in terms of financial and economic information, as well as information on public services contracts, tend to be more efficient. The results were obtained for a sample of the 100 largest Spanish local governments ov…
Factors influencing the structure of municipal taxation. Special reference to political corruption
There are few studies that relate tax revenues to corruption at the municipal level due to their great complexity and the difficulty in obtaining data. Continuing the research we started years ago, the main objective of this article is to analyse whether municipal political corruption influences some or all tax revenues. A panel database of all Spanish municipalities with more than 50,000 inhabitants is compiled for the period 2002–2013. The most…
Transparency and efficient management in local governments
The Role of Women in Local Governments: An Analysis of Efficiency in Spain
Female representation may be a key factor in improving the quality of governance. In fact, the literature considers that the presence of women in organisations tends to improve performance. In this context, this paper attempts to analyse whether the presence of women in municipal councils has an influence on the efficiency of public services for a sample of 141 Spanish municipalities with more than 50,000 inhabitants for the period 2014–2018. Our…
The efficiency of public services in small municipalities: The case of drinking water supply
Impact of politicians’ salaries and their dedication regime on the efficiency of municipal public services
Cases of corruption, the financial and economic crisis, and citizens' growing interest in public affairs have contributed to the political changes that have taken place in Spain in recent years. In this scenario, in which new political actors appear, this research analyses whether politicians' remuneration, their dedication regime and several socio-political and economic variables have an impact on the efficiency of the main municipal services. T…
Determinants of public engagement on municipal Facebook pages
This article analyzes the determinants of public engagement on the Facebook pages of municipalities. The sample consists of 170 Italian and Spanish municipalities that used Facebook in 2014. The findings show that posting a lot of information on municipal Facebook pages does not increase the engagement of citizens. Also, frequent posting of information per se does not engage public engagement. However, if the posts are published when public can p…
Understanding the Factors Influencing SDG Achievement Across Nations: A Comprehensive Study
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) provide a framework for addressing global challenges and building a more equitable and sustainable future for all. Governments must coordinate to achieve the SDGs, addressing capacity and resource constraints, as well as political, institutional, and socio‐economic barriers. In this context, this study examines the determinants affecting the achievement of the SDGs in 83 countries from 2016 to 2021, using …
Governing for the Goals: How Governance Quality Shapes the Achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals
Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030 remains a major global challenge, as progress continues to vary significantly across countries. While governance is widely recognized as a key enabler of sustainable development, few studies have systematically explored how its various dimensions affect SDG performance at the national level. This study addresses this gap by analyzing a balanced panel of 145 countries over the period 2016–…
The sustainable development goals: How does their implementation affect the financial sustainability of the largest Spanish municipalities
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) present a universal challenge to which all society must be committed. Local governments play a fundamental role as they are closest to citizens, with first‐hand knowledge of their needs and as providers of essential services. Municipal governments are involved in many aspects of SDG implementation. Thus, these governments should work towards their implementation, bearing in mind that involvement in these i…
Political Budget Cycles in Public Revenues: Evidence From Fines
This article seeks to ascertain whether local governments make improper use of their discretion and use pecuniary sanctions for electoral purposes. To this end, a sample of Spanish municipalities with a population of more than 1,000 citizens during the period 2010 to 2016 has been used. Our results show that revenues from fines are influenced by the presence of elections. In particular, we find that local governments in an election year reduce th…
Do the illegal and legal rents of politicians affect municipal election outcomes? Empirical evidence
This paper aims to analyse whether illegal (corruption) and legal rent extraction (high politicians’ wages) affect electoral outcomes at municipal level. We use an initial sample of 145 Spanish municipalities over 50,000 for two electoral periods: 2004–2007 (before the crisis) and 2008–2011 (during the crisis). Our findings show that neither illegal nor legal rent extraction impact on re-election in non-crisis times. However, we observe that citi…
The Influence of Transparency on Municipal Taxation: An Empirical Analysis
Local government officials are accountable to citizens, who increasingly demand more transparency given the amount of taxes they pay. This paper analyses the relationship between municipal tax revenues and transparency in Spain. Based on a sample of 141 Spanish municipalities with more than 15,000 inhabitants and applying least squares regression and instrumental variable analysis based on two-stage least squares regression, we find that the most…
Influence of managerial ability on the re-election of municipal political parties
This article investigates whether citizens reward those politicians who achieve better results in public management with re-election. It analyses the last three electoral processes in Spanish local governments, a period that runs from the beginning of the economic crisis (2007) to the last municipal elections (2019). For periods of financial crisis, the results indicate a higher probability of re-election for governments that have better managed …
Determinants of efficiency improvement in the Spanish public lighting sector
The Determinants of Local Government's Financial Transparency
This paper contributes to the scarce literature on government transparency by analysing the impact of political and socio-economic factors on municipal financial transparency. Our sample covers the 100 largest Spanish municipalities in 2008. Compulsory publicity and transparency are key to public management (rule-of-law theory). Our data show that Spanish municipalities are providing financial information beyond the legal requirements, thus excee…
Factors influencing social media use in local governments: The case of Italy and Spain
“Corruption premium” on municipal borrowing cost: The case of Spanish Mayors
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of mayors’ corruption on the municipal interest rate set by lenders. Design/methodology/approach The sample consists of a panel data for all the Spanish cities with population over 50,000 for 2002–2013 (130 municipalities). In line with previous literature and the structure of the panel data, the authors use a generalized method of moments equation to the main model and three robustness c…
The efficiency of public services in small municipalities: The case of drinking water supply
Do the illegal and legal rents of politicians affect municipal election outcomes? Empirical evidence
This paper aims to analyse whether illegal (corruption) and legal rent extraction (high politicians’ wages) affect electoral outcomes at municipal level. We use an initial sample of 145 Spanish municipalities over 50,000 for two electoral periods: 2004–2007 (before the crisis) and 2008–2011 (during the crisis). Our findings show that neither illegal nor legal rent extraction impact on re-election in non-crisis times. However, we observe that citi…
Determinants of efficiency improvement in the Spanish public lighting sector
Determinants of public engagement on municipal Facebook pages
This article analyzes the determinants of public engagement on the Facebook pages of municipalities. The sample consists of 170 Italian and Spanish municipalities that used Facebook in 2014. The findings show that posting a lot of information on municipal Facebook pages does not increase the engagement of citizens. Also, frequent posting of information per se does not engage public engagement. However, if the posts are published when public can p…
Is transparency a way to improve efficiency? An assessment of Spanish municipalities
This paper shows that the level of municipal transparency influences the level of efficiency, which is measured by parametric and non-parametric techniques. More concretely, the findings suggest that the most transparent municipalities in terms of financial and economic information, as well as information on public services contracts, tend to be more efficient. The results were obtained for a sample of the 100 largest Spanish local governments ov…
Measurement and determinants of efficiency in the municipal police service
Transparency and efficient management in local governments
Impact of politicians’ salaries and their dedication regime on the efficiency of municipal public services
Cases of corruption, the financial and economic crisis, and citizens' growing interest in public affairs have contributed to the political changes that have taken place in Spain in recent years. In this scenario, in which new political actors appear, this research analyses whether politicians' remuneration, their dedication regime and several socio-political and economic variables have an impact on the efficiency of the main municipal services. T…
Political Budget Cycles in Public Revenues: Evidence From Fines
This article seeks to ascertain whether local governments make improper use of their discretion and use pecuniary sanctions for electoral purposes. To this end, a sample of Spanish municipalities with a population of more than 1,000 citizens during the period 2010 to 2016 has been used. Our results show that revenues from fines are influenced by the presence of elections. In particular, we find that local governments in an election year reduce th…
Does gender matter in budget deviations? An empirical assessment of Spanish local governments
By using a sample of 140 Spanish municipalities for the period 2008-2018, our results show that the gender of the mayor and the percentage of women councillors in local governments influence budget deviations both in expenditures and revenues. Concretely, municipalities with women mayors and more female members tend to overestimate revenues and underestimate expenditures; but these effects turn contrary when the number of female councillors incre…
Efficiency and sustainability in municipal social policies
Local governments play a crucial role in the fight for a more sustainable world and, therefore, in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), as they are the closest public entities to citizens and best know their needs. Local governments should be the driving force behind integrating the different areas of sustainability in their municipalities, especially in social services, which is the focus of this paper. However, these governments …
Flypaper effect and partisanship theories best explain municipal financial performance in Latin America
There is an ongoing debate about the determinants of municipal financial performance around the world, including Central America. This article fills a research gap using data from the 298 Honduran municipalities for 2002–2015. Partisanship theories are found to be the strongest explanatory factor, for leftist governments show greater total municipal spending. Political alignment also has a weak, positive impact on investment spending. The elector…
Transparency in public administrations: A structured literature review
Purpose Literature about transparency in public-sector organizations has been attracting the attention of scholars for the last two decades. This study reviews the existing literature with the intention of creating a description of the state of the art, categorized by geographical areas, levels of government, topics, and methodologies. Design/methodology/approach The authors have developed a structured literature review following a rigorous proto…
What factors make a municipality more involved in meeting the Sustainable Development Goals? Empirical evidence
According to the Institutional Theory, governments must respond to the climate and socio-economic challenges of the future by implementing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Moreover, in line with the Legitimacy Theory, governments need to adhere to the timetable of the 2030 Agenda to reduce social and economic disparities and avoid the serious environmental problems caused by current lifestyles. To achieve the SDGs, it is essential to eng…
Digital democracy: A systematic literature review
Digital democracy provides a new space for community involvement in democratic life. This study aims to conduct a systematic literature review to uncover the trend of concepts in the study of digital democracy. This study used descriptive analysis with data sources derived from the Scopus database from the period between 2014 and 2020 (a total of 230 articles) and processed with VOSviewer. The results showed three dominant concepts, namely democr…
Financial Health of Local Governments: A Gender Approach
In recent years, public sector research has developed a line related to women’s participation in government and its effect on public finances. In this vein, this article attempts to empirically analyze the effect women’s presence in local governments has on municipal financial health. For that, we use a sample of the 140 Spanish municipalities with more than 50,000 inhabitants during the period 2008–2018 and we create four indicators that refer t…
The sustainable development goals: How does their implementation affect the financial sustainability of the largest Spanish municipalities
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) present a universal challenge to which all society must be committed. Local governments play a fundamental role as they are closest to citizens, with first‐hand knowledge of their needs and as providers of essential services. Municipal governments are involved in many aspects of SDG implementation. Thus, these governments should work towards their implementation, bearing in mind that involvement in these i…
The Role of Women in Local Governments: An Analysis of Efficiency in Spain
Female representation may be a key factor in improving the quality of governance. In fact, the literature considers that the presence of women in organisations tends to improve performance. In this context, this paper attempts to analyse whether the presence of women in municipal councils has an influence on the efficiency of public services for a sample of 141 Spanish municipalities with more than 50,000 inhabitants for the period 2014–2018. Our…
Factors influencing the structure of municipal taxation. Special reference to political corruption
There are few studies that relate tax revenues to corruption at the municipal level due to their great complexity and the difficulty in obtaining data. Continuing the research we started years ago, the main objective of this article is to analyse whether municipal political corruption influences some or all tax revenues. A panel database of all Spanish municipalities with more than 50,000 inhabitants is compiled for the period 2002–2013. The most…
Influence of managerial ability on the re-election of municipal political parties
This article investigates whether citizens reward those politicians who achieve better results in public management with re-election. It analyses the last three electoral processes in Spanish local governments, a period that runs from the beginning of the economic crisis (2007) to the last municipal elections (2019). For periods of financial crisis, the results indicate a higher probability of re-election for governments that have better managed …
The influence of local government transparency on the implementation of the sustainable development goals in municipalities
Purpose Nowadays, there is a strong public interest in promoting transparency to be informed about the actions of the public sector. At the same time, there has been a significant change in society’s perceptions and concerns about sustainable development, with a marked increase in attention to this area. In this context, our main objective is to investigate the impact of transparency practices in local government on the implementation of the Sust…
The relationship between culture and sustainable development goal compliance at the municipal level
This study assesses the role of culture in achieving the sustainable development goals (SDGs) in the Spanish public sector, focusing on the influence of local government cultural spending and education levels on SDG compliance in municipalities. Cultural spending, considered as a percentage of total non‐financial local government spending, municipal education levels and SDG implementation indicators from the Sustainable Development Solutions Netw…
Political science (26 works) · Business (25 works) · Economics (22 works) · Local Government Finance and Decentralization (18 works) · Public economics (18 works) · Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth (16 works) · Fiscal Policies and Political Economy (14 works) · Local government (14 works) · Public Administration (14 works) · Law (11 works)