effectiveness. For this purpose we examine a commonly used empirical growth model, considering different measures of fiscal …. -- Foreign Aid ; Growth ; Interjurisdictional Competition …

public goods, and applying a fully non-parametric approach to estimate local government overall efficiency, the analysis … shows that more direct democratic activity is associated with higher government efficiency. This result suggests that more …

This paper provides an efficiency rationale for expenditure equalization in federations. It does so by developing a … provides an efficiency rationale for expenditure equalization. Using examples it is shown that Australian equalization gets … expenditure equalization in the 'right' direction from an efficiency perspective; from low to high cost states. This is not to say …

public goods, and applying a fully non-parametric approach to estimate local government overall efficiency, the analysis … shows that more direct democratic activity is associated with higher government efficiency. This result suggests that more …

This study explores the impact of different ownership types on the efficiency of water utilities. Theories and evidence … a methodology that combines nonparametric efficiency estimation and cluster analysis. Our main findings indicate that … privately owned utilities indirectly controlled by a public organisation reach the highest level of efficiency but, when size …

This paper assesses the efficiency of spending in basic education among school districts in Ecuador using Data …

effectiveness. For this purpose we examine a commonly used empirical growth model, considering different measures of fiscal …