The efficient management of the available resources in local governments has been a topic
of high interest in the field of public sector. We provide an extensive and comprehensive …

The efficient management of the available resources in local governments has been a topic
of high interest in the field of public sector. We provide an extensive and comprehensive …

For decades, resource-based cities in China have significantly contributed to China's socio-
economic development. The heavy resource dependence of resource-based cities …

When discussing the performance of production units, it is common to describe them as
being more or less" efficient," or more or less" productive." In this chapter1 I discuss the …

In this article, we analyse public sector efficiency in the new member states of the EU
compared to that in emerging markets. After a conceptual discussion of expenditure …

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the efficiency of local governments in Belgium using
a broad variety of non-parametric and parametric reference technologies. Specifically, we …

Managing financial resources efficiently is a requirement for all levels of government.
However, measuring the performance of governments or other public authorities is usually …

We assess the relative efficiency of local municipalities using Data Envelopment Analysis
and parametric analysis. As an output measure we compute a composite local government …

This article analyzes the efficiency of local governments in the Comunitat Valenciana
(Spain) and their main explanatory variables. The analysis is performed in two stages …

The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether efficiency in public service provision is
affected by political and budgetary institutions, fiscal capacity, and democratic participation …