SIJPE, N. VAN DE; RAYP, G. - Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfskunde, Universiteit Gent - 2004
We show the relevance of government expenditure inefficiency using the Barro(1990) model. We estimate government inefficiency for 52 developing countries using a data envelopment analysis. The estimated inefficiencies are subsequently used in a general-to-specific approach in order to identify...