regression is fitted to identify which elements suggested in the literature are the most influential on the technical efficiency … levels of expenditure and basic health achievements; (b) that spatial patterns of efficiency are correlated to economic … performance, but also to locally specific relevant differences; (c) and that positive determinants of efficiency are given by …

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the efficiency of the 26 Swiss cantons over the period 2000 to 2004 applying … economy) is calculated to measure technical efficiency. Efficiency scores are then related to the fiscal equalization scheme … competition. -- DEA ; efficiency measurement ; federalism ; fiscal equalization ; public finance ; Switzerland ; Tiebout …

This paper analyses the impact of vertical grants on local public sector efficiency. First, we develop a theoretical … reduce efficiency if voters do not misinterpret the amount of vertical grants the local bureaucrats receive. If voters suffer … from fiscal illusion, i.e. overestimate the amount of grants, our model yields an ambiguous effect of grants on efficiency …

This paper analyses the impact of vertical grants on local public sector efficiency. First, we develop a theoretical … reduce efficiency if voters do not misinterpret the amount of vertical grants the local bureaucrats receive. If voters suffer … from fiscal illusion, i.e. overestimate the amount of grants, our model yields an ambiguous effect of grants on efficiency …

further expansion of government spending as a percentage of GDP, public spending efficiency will need to be raised. This paper … uses data envelopment analysis (DEA) to assess the efficiency of welfare spending (normalized by the working-age population … in efficiency measures across OECD countries and provide possible quantified improvements for both output and input …

productivity and efficiency indices using a Malmquist productivity index (MPI) for four significant expenditures for the 2004 … the significant elements in measuring government expenditure efficiency. From the estimation results, the degree of fiscal … decentralization is found to promote government expenditure efficiency. Tax revenue collected by regional governments will support …

Airport benchmarking depends on airport operational performance and efficiency indicators, which are important issues … complex indicators to evaluate airports performance and efficiency as well as several techniques to benchmark such … infrastructures. The general aim of this work is the development of airport performance and efficiency predictive models using robust …

We measure technical efficiency in R&D of Italian regions with the aim of understanding whether the variation in … transport infrastructure endowment across regions might be the cause of efficiency disparities. We use a semi-parametric method … where in the first step we estimate bootstrapped efficiency scores through DEA. In the second step, efficiency scores are …

This study examines the spatial productivity and efficiency spillovers of Chinese provinces using a spatial Durbin … production frontier model that accounts for persistent and transient efficiency using a panel dataset of Chinese provinces from … efficiency of the respective provinces. The estimated results show that spatial productivity and efficiency spillovers are …

dataset of 10 ASEAN countries from 1980 to 2017, this study examines the productivity and efficiency of the ASEAN economies … productivity index to provide estimates of gross technical efficiency, technical progress and returns to scale change, while taking … into account of transient and persistent efficiency. The results show that there is room for efficiency gains, as the ASEAN …