, patronage benefits accrue to the legislature and public employees. When institutions fragment patronage powers and challengers … institutionally designed thus shapes their reform prospects: fragmented control over bad government can incentivize good government …

the current tax configuration is from the optimal one and, thereby, the degree of efficiency of a tax system. We call this …

This paper investigates the efficiency of the public sector in a sense of public performance and expenditures. For 23 …, security and infrastructure. We use several efficiency techniques (FDH, order-m) and investigate input- and output …-oriented efficiency of the public sector. We find that countries with small public sectors tend to be more efficient no matter which …

We examine the efficiency gains in health systems generated after the national roll out of basic healthcare in El …-specialized health workers improves efficiency, maintaining quality of care. …

This paper presents an integrated overview of the literature linking institutions, financial development and economic … impact of institutions on growth through financial development. …