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Fiscal decentralization and public sector efficiency: Evidence from OECD countries
Adam, Antonis; Delis, Manthos D; Kammas, Pantelis - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
This paper empirically examines the relationship between fiscal decentralization and public sector efficiency. A … country-level dataset is used to measure public sector efficiency in delivering education and health services and the new …, between 1970 and 2000. Irrespective of whether public sector efficiency concerns education or health services, an inverted U …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009650679
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Public sector efficiency: Leveling the playing field between OECD countries
Adam, Antonis; Delis, Manthos D; Kammas, Pantelis - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
In this paper we seek a robust methodology to measure the relative public spending efficiency of 19 OECD countries over … into its separate accounts and we employ a semi-parametric method to obtain relative efficiency scores (for the separate …. Finally, we propose a technique to measure the allocative efficiency of public spending, in an effort to proxy the optimal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005087510
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Robust Two-Stage Least Squares: some Monte Carlo experiments
Mishra, SK - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
The Two-Stage Least Squares (2-SLS) is a well known econometric technique used to estimate the parameters of a multi-equation (or simultaneous equations) econometric model when errors across the equations are not correlated and the equation(s) concerned is (are) over-identified or exactly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005837152
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Non-Parametric Maximum Likelihood Density Estimation and Simulation-Based Minimum Distance Estimators
Gach, Florian; Pötscher, Benedikt M. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
Indirect inference estimators (i.e., simulation-based minimum distance estimators) in a parametric model that are based on auxiliary non-parametric maximum likelihood density estimators are shown to be asymptotically normal. If the parametric model is correctly specified, it is furthermore shown...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008764720
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On the Sources of Heterogeneity in Banking Efficiency Literature
Aiello, Francesco; Bonanno, Graziella - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
One learns two main lessons from studying the great quantity of banking efficiency literature. These lessons regard the … perform a Meta-Regression-Analysis (MRA) by examining 1,661 efficiency scores retrieved from 120 papers published over the … lower levels of banking efficiency than nonparametric studies. This holds true even after controlling for the approach used …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011110871
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A Single-Mindedness model with n generations
Emanuele, Canegrati - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
In this paper I will analyse the redistribution of income amongst n generations using the Single-mindedness Theory. I will introduce a new expression for the balanced-budget constraint, no longer based on lump- sum transfers as in the traditional literature, but rather on more realistic labour...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005835397
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Abordagens da despesa pública nos últimos vinte anos
Mourao, Paulo; Rodrigues, Carlos - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
This paper synthesises some of the (New) Public Expenditures Theories. It also focuses on the Fiscal Adjustments theme. We analysed public expenditures evolution in a sample composed by seventeen OCDE countries observed between 1870 and 1990. Our conclusion recognizes the heterogeneity of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005836722
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A study on the relationship between corruption and government size: the role of democracy
Kotera, Go; Okada, Keisuke; Samreth, Sovannroeun - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
Previous studies on the effect of government size on corruption have produced mixed results. For the purpose of explaining these ambiguous results, our study investigates the effect of government size on corruption by taking into account the role of democracy level in each country. Using annual...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008642679
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Corruption and the Composition of Public Expenditures: Evidence from OECD Countries
Hessami, Zohal - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
This paper analyzes how corruption affects the composition of public expenditures. First, a two-stage rent-seeking model with endogenous rent-setting is derived that captures both "political corruption" and "bureaucratic corruption". The model illustrates how asymmetries between industries in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008684881
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The effects of information asymmetry and government size on happiness: A case study from Japan
Yamamura, Eiji - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
This paper uses individual-level data from Japan (2003) to examine the effects of government size and the disclosure of official government information on happiness. The major findings are as follows. (1) Disclosure of official information is positively associated with the happiness of workers,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008756506