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Assessing and explaining the relative efficiency of local government
| Resumo: | 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 indicator of municipal performance, using data for Portuguese municipalities. This allows assessing the extent of possible municipal improvement relative to the “best-practice” frontier. Our results suggest that most municipalities could improve performance without necessarily increasing municipal spending. In a second stage efficiency scores are explained by means of a Tobit analysis with a set of relevant explanatory socio-economic factors playing the role of non-discretionary inputs, such as education and per capita purchasing power. |
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| Autores principais: | Afonso, António |
| Outros Autores: | Fernandes, Sónia |
| Assunto: | Local Government Technical Efficiency Socio-Economic Factors DEA Tobit |
| Ano: | 2007 |
| País: | Portugal |
| Tipo de documento: | artigo |
| Tipo de acesso: | acesso aberto |
| Instituição associada: | Universidade de Lisboa |
| Idioma: | inglês |
| Origem: | Repositório da Universidade de Lisboa |
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| author | Afonso, António |
| author2 | Fernandes, Sónia |
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| author_facet | Afonso, António Afonso, António Fernandes, Sónia Fernandes, Sónia |
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| dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv | Afonso, António Fernandes, Sónia |
| dc.date.Accepted.fl_str_mv | 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z |
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| description | 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 indicator of municipal performance, using data for Portuguese municipalities. This allows assessing the extent of possible municipal improvement relative to the “best-practice” frontier. Our results suggest that most municipalities could improve performance without necessarily increasing municipal spending. In a second stage efficiency scores are explained by means of a Tobit analysis with a set of relevant explanatory socio-economic factors playing the role of non-discretionary inputs, such as education and per capita purchasing power. |
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