We assess the consequences of fiscal consolidation episodes on public sector efficiency (scores) for 35 OECD countries … for the 2007-2020 period. We find that fiscal consolidations improve public sector efficiency and results are robust … across efficiency models. Moreover, peripheral euro-area economies and economies with debt-to-GDP ratios between 60% and 90 …

We evaluate the impact of government spending efficiency on fiscal sustainability for a panel of 35 OECD countries … revenues to changes in government spending. Next, we make use of so-called government spending efficiency scores, which … the input efficiency scores obtained, countries' fiscal balance and fiscal sustainability is directly improved by the use …

This study examines the effects of the tax structure composition for public sector efficiency in a sample of 41 … indicators and use them as outputs to compute data envelopment analysis (DEA) efficiency scores under different orientation … different taxes for public efficiency in a panel regression specification. We find that tax effects are significantly different …