Bollino, Carlo Andrea; Di Vaio, Gianfranco; Polinori, Paolo - Dipartimento di Economia, Università degli Studi di Perugia - 2012
The aim of this work is to identify the existence of spatial spillover and spatial heterogeneity in local government efficiency, by using data from a newly constructed database about 341 municipalities from the Italian region Emilia-Romagna. The methodology is based on a two-step procedure. In...