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 …

This contribution is the first attempt to systematically review all empirical surveys that so far
have been made available in the broad field of efficiency and productivity analysis using …

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 …

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 …

Abstract A FONSO A. and F ERNANDES S.(2006) Measuring local government spending
efficiency: evidence for the Lisbon region, Regional Studies 40, 39–53. The expenditure …

Social and/or political involvement within the population is often argued to enhance public
sector performance. The underlying idea is that engagement fosters political awareness and …

Local government size varies dramatically around the world. In Sudan, Côte d'Ivoire and the
United Kingdom municipalities average more than 125,000 people. Those in many …

Provision of most public goods (eg, health care, libraries, education, police, fire protection,
utilities) can be characterized by a two-stage production process. In the first-stage, basic …

Spatial patterns in (local) government taxation and spending decisions have received a lot
of attention. Still, the focus on taxation or expenditure levels in previous studies may be …

The efficiency and effectiveness of local governments has become one of the main points of
interest in public sector administration, as decision and policy making gradually move from …