Local governments' efficiency: a systematic literature review—part I

I Narbón‐Perpiñá, K De Witte - International Transactions in …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

Local governments' efficiency: a systematic literature review—part II

I Narbón‐Perpiñá, K De Witte - International Transactions in …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
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 governance-production nexus of eco-efficiency in Chinese resource-based cities: A two-stage network DEA approach

H Xiao, D Wang, Y Qi, S Shao, Y Zhou, Y Shan - Energy Economics, 2021 - Elsevier
For decades, resource-based cities in China have significantly contributed to China's socio-
economic development. The heavy resource dependence of resource-based cities …

[PDF][PDF] Production frontiers and productive efficiency

CAK Lovell - … of productive efficiency: techniques and applications, 1993 - academia.edu
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 …

Public sector efficiency: evidence for new EU member states and emerging markets

A Afonso, L Schuknecht, V Tanzi - Applied economics, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
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 …

Cost efficiency of Belgian local governments: A comparative analysis of FDH, DEA, and econometric approaches

B De Borger, K Kerstens - Regional science and urban economics, 1996 - Elsevier
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 …

Revisiting the determinants of local government performance

NF Da Cruz, RC Marques - Omega, 2014 - Elsevier
Managing financial resources efficiently is a requirement for all levels of government.
However, measuring the performance of governments or other public authorities is usually …

Assessing and explaining the relative efficiency of local government

A Afonso, S Fernandes - The Journal of Socio-Economics, 2008 - Elsevier
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 …

On the determinants of local government performance: A two-stage nonparametric approach

MT Balaguer-Coll, D Prior, E Tortosa-Ausina - European Economic Review, 2007 - Elsevier
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 …

Public sector efficiency: the roles of political and budgetary institutions, fiscal capacity, and democratic participation

LE Borge, T Falch, P Tovmo - Public choice, 2008 - Springer
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 …