application of non-parametric techniques (DEA) to the activities carried out by Italian municipalities. The analysis relies on a … sample of 262 municipalities in the Province of Turin and estimates a best practice frontier for five sectors that play a … municipalities. The estimation of returns to scale also reveals that the optimal size at which a municipality would have to operate …

authorities has occurred in Italy. This has resulted in new and broader responsibilities for Italian municipalities that are, in … most cases, small (called "Dust Commons"). This presents new challenges for these municipalities who often have difficulty … municipalities cooperate in providing the services. The aim of this paper is to show how this form of partnership can reduce costs …

The present analysis aims to radiograph the status of the official Web sites for all the municipalities in Romania and …

, municipalities were more common and were resistant to mergers and network development. Several national networks had emerged by the …

a fine spatial scale analysis. In fact, we explore the use of an 8-year panel dataset of Tuscany’s 254 municipalities …

possibilities that fiscal rules trigger window dressing and creative finance. We use evidence from the Italian municipalities …

The paper assesses the technical efficiency of 231 local municipalities in South Africa for 2007 and investigates the … potential determinants of efficiency gaps among local municipalities in the country using the nonparametric Data Envelopment … regression model. The results show that on average, B1 and B3 municipalities could have theoretically achieved the same level of …

This paper provides insight into municipalities’ decisions to lease watershed lands for Marcellus shale gas exploration … balancing benefits and risks. The data were collected through personal interviews. Municipalities’ decisions to lease watershed … other municipalities’ past experiences, communications with other parties, their resources and networking, water monitoring …

municipalities for the year 2011. The results reveal that the average costs function for Slovenian municipalities is U-shaped, and … the estimated least-cost size of the municipality implies that the current number of municipalities is not optimal …. Besides, the average cost efficiency of Slovenian municipalities is approximately 25% above estimated best-practice frontier …

municipalities involved. The key success factors included: creating an agency to trigger, promote and implement age …