This study analyzes the links between efficiency and the decentralization of competencies among Spanish local … municipalities were conferred on more competencies. In addition, the likely efficiency gains from enhanceddecentralization increase …

based on linearprogramming approaches for efficiency measurement. We provide an application to Spanishmunicipalities, which …

This article analyzes the efficiency of Comunitat Valenciana (Spain) local governments and their main explanatory … variables. The analysis is performed in two stages. Firstly, efficiency is measured via (nonparametric) activity analysis … primarily overall cost, technical, or allocative. The second stage identifies some critical determinants of efficiency, focusing …

Over the last few years, many studies have analyzed the productive efficiency of local governments in different … analysis in which the efficiency of municipalities is evaluated after splitting them into clusters according to various … results show that both output mix and, more especially, environmental conditions, should be controlled for, since efficiency …

the efficiency and credit risk. The first of this aspects is based on the incentive to the banks to reduce cost in order … analyzed the effects of competition on the efficiency of banking systems without considering these aspects. The few studies … that attempt to obtainrisk adjusted efficiency measures do not consider that part of the risk is due to exogenous …

Hypothesis testing and statistical precision in the context of nonparametric efficiency and productivity measurement … noticeable in the case of banking efficiency studies, where the literature is immense. In this paper, we explore productivity … growth and productive efficiency for Spanish savings banks over the (initial) post-deregulation period 1992?1998 using Data …