This paper investigates the causal effect of public administration efficiency on firm-level productivity. To this … purpose, we combine newly available data from Italy on public administration efficiency of subnational governments with geo … administration efficiency and firm productivity because of large and persistent spatial disparities in economic performance and local …

-deposit spread suggests that the levels of contestability and efficiency are low. A more in-depth analysis using stochastic frontier … and data envelopment analyses confirm that the efficiency of the Colombian commercial banking system is low compared to … potential determinants of efficiency and contestability for a sample of the 24 countries over the period 2004 – 2013. This …

spending per student are endogenous. For-profit private schools underperform compared to non-profit and public schools, albeit …

profitability and productivity that can outweigh the costs of the policy. This paper reviews the empirical evidence on the link … generalisation of conclusions. Practical problems related to data, measurement and estimation strategies are discussed, leading to … suggestions how they can be addressed in future research. These include: improving the measurement of environmental policy …

understanding of the role of natural capital for productivity measurement and as a source of economic growth. To this aim, aggregate … in human or productive capital, to prepare for times when resources endowments become scarce. While the measurement of … natural capital remains very incomplete, leaving out natural forests, water and soil, the measurement framework can readily be …