Widmer, Philippe K.; Elias, George; Zweifel, Peter - Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, … - 2012
The purpose of this paper is to analyze the optimal scale of local jurisdictions (cantons) in Switzerland applying Data … Envelopment Analysis (DEA) to the years 2000 to 2004. Aggregate output performance indicators for four local government activities … (administration, education, health, and transportation) are used to measure technical and scale efficiency and to derive DEA scores …