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Reducing the Administrative Expenditures as Source for Increasing the Efficiency of Local Governance under Conditions of the Financial Crisis
Matei, Ani; Matei, Lucica - Facultatea de Administraţie Publică, Şcoala … - 2010
towards production process concluding in the maintaining of public service production and increasing its efficiency related to … expenses reduction on public services efficiency and, based on these, to formulate conclusions on local governance efficiency …
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Does Intermunicipal Cooperation Increase Efficiency? Evidence from the Hessian Wastewater Sector
Blaeschke, F.; Haug, Peter - Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Halle (IWH) - 2014
This paper analyzes the relationship between intermunicipal cooperation and efficiency of public service provision. The …. We employ a two-stage DEA (DEA = Data Evelopment Analysis) bootstrap approach to calculate relative efficiency measures … municipalities score lower in terms of technical efficiency than self-providing and contracting municipalities. The scope for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010951634
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Measuring the efficiency in spanish municipal refuse collection services
Roca, Nuria Bosch; Pedraja, Francisco; Pandiello, … - Facultat d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat de Barcelona - 1999
The objective of this study is to analyse the technical or productive efficiency of the refuse collection services in … the indices of efficiency obtained by the different approaches, as is demonstrated by the statistical tests used. Finally …, we have attempted to search for any relation existing between efficiency and the method (public or private) of managing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005022391
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ASPECTS OF DECENTRALIZATION IN THE CONTEXT OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION REFORM
POPA, Florina - In: SEA - Practical Application of Science (2013) 1, pp. 126-133
Public administration reform as a response to the requirements of socio-economic environment change, is a process that develops both at central and local level, aiming to an institutional framework achievement, suitable for administrative and financial decentralization, under the European Union...
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ASPECTS OF DECENTRALIZATION IN THE CONTEXT OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION REFORM
POPA, Florina - In: CrossCultural Management Journal (2013) 27, pp. 126-133
Public administration reform as a response to the requirements of socio-economic environment change, is a process that develops both at central and local level, aiming to an institutional framework achievement, suitable for administrative and financial decentralization, under the European Union...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010700636
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Cost efficiency of Belgian local governments: A comparative analysis of FDH, DEA and econometric approaches
DE BORGER, Bruno; KERSTENS, Kristiaan - Faculteit Toegepaste Economische Wetenschappen, … - 1994
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010888177
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Borders as boundaries to fiscal policy interactions? An empirical analysis of politicians' opinions on rivals in the competition for firms
Geys, Benny; Osterloh, Steffen - Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung (WZB) - 2012
Studies of spatial policy interdependence in (local) public policies usually concentrate on the relations between jurisdictions within a single analysed region, and disregard possible extra-regional effects. However, the theoretical spatial statistics literature shows that biased estimates might...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010956223
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The effects of public spending composition on firm productivity
Kneller, Richard; Misch, Florian - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2013
This paper exploits the unique institutional features of South Africa to estimate the impact of provincial public spending on health, education and transport on firm productivity. Our identification strategy is based on within industry-province differences between firms of the effects of public...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010957609
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On the optimal size of local jurisdictions: new evidence from Italian provinces
Barone, Guglielmo - Banca d'Italia - 2011
This paper examines the creation of some new provinces in Italy in the 1990s to assess whether the reduction in the size of the local jurisdiction led to benefits in terms of local development, human capital and road quality, which are three public goods provided by the Italian provinces in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009320177
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Cost efficiency of Belgian local governments: A comparative analysis of FDH, DEA and econometric approaches
DE BORGER, Bruno; KERSTENS, Kristiaan - Faculteit Toegepaste Economische Wetenschappen, … - 1994
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010839870