The recent Saudi Arabia’s “Vision 2030” including the National Transformation Plan has renewed the debate on the efficiency of government spending. The aim of this paper was twofold. First, to measure the relative efficiency of Saudi Arabia’s public spending over the period 1988–2013...

We evaluate the effects of structural tax reforms on government spending efficiency in a sample of OECD economies over the period 2007-2016. After calculating input spending efficiency scores, we assess the relevance for efficiency of narrative tax changes in a panel setup. We find that: i)...

Introduction -- Data Envelopment Analysis -- Production Possibility Set and Efficiency -- Multiple Objective Linear Programming -- Comparison of Data Envelopment Analysis and Multiple Objective Linear Programming -- Incorporating Preference Information to Data Envelopment Analysis -- Value...