We study school choice and school efficiency in terms of secondary school completion test scores by utilizing a unique …'s expenditure as a determinant of its efficiency per unit of cost. We find that when expenditure is not included, the trust …

Efficiency is an important consideration for those who manage public services. Costs vary with output and with a … these factors into account, costs vary across providers because of differences in efficiency. Such differences offer clues … about good practice that can lead to improvements in the system as a whole. The role of efficiency is illustrated by …

the efficiency of local public production. To check the theoretical results empirically, a two-stage data envelopment … degree of municipal control. The results of the OLS- and Tobit regression indicate an efficiency-enhancing effect of …

association started with a voluntary benchmarking aimed to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of the sector. Secondly … efficiency of these two evolutions. In particular, we adapt Free Disposal Hull (FDH) to estimate robust and conditional non …-oriented efficiency estimates. Parametric COLS (Fourier) tests show the robustness of the model with respect to the specification and its …

-offs between affordability and other criteria, including efficiency, financial sustainability and administrative simplicity, are …

In this paper, we evaluate the efficiency of the French State aid plan for broadband deployment, the Plan France Très …