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The efficiency of refuse collection services in Spanish municipalities: do non-controllable variables matter?
Bosch, Núria; Pedraja, Francisco; Suárez-Pandiello, Javier - Institut d'Economia de Barcelona (IEB), Facultat … - 2001
The aim of this article is to analyse the technical efficiency and cost-efficiency of the refuse collection services in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005612348
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Budget spillovers in a metropolitan area: typology and empirical evidence
Solé-Ollé, Albert - Institut d'Economia de Barcelona (IEB), Facultat … - 2001
The paper presents a model for measuring spillovers resulting from local expenditure policies. We identify and test for three different types of budget spillovers: (i) benefit spillovers, derived from the production of local public goods, (ii) externalities in crowding, derived from the crowding...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005772729
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Expenditure spillovers and fiscal interactions: Empirical evidence from local governments in Spain
Ollé, Albert Solé - Institut d'Economia de Barcelona (IEB), Facultat … - 2005
The paper presents a framework for measuring spillovers resulting from local expenditure policies. We identify and test for two different types of expenditure spillovers: (i) "benefit spillovers", arising from the provision of local public goods, and (ii) "crowding spillovers", arising from the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005612354
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Does intermunicipal cooperation increase efficiency? : evidence from the Hessian wastewater sector
Blaeschke, Frédéric; Haug, Peter - 2014
This paper analyzes the relationship between intermunicipal cooperation and efficiency of public service provision. The …. We employ a two-stage DEA (DEA = Data Envelopment 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/10010438114
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Does Intermunicipal Cooperation Increase Efficiency? Evidence from the Hessian Wastewater Sector
Blaeschke, Frédéric; Haug, Peter - 2014
This paper analyzes the relationship between intermunicipal cooperation and efficiency of public service provision. The …. We employ a two-stage DEA (DEA = Data Envelopment 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/10010436092
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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 I. - 2014
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013069774
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The effect of public sector efficiency on firm-level productivity growth : the Italian case
Fadic, Milenko; Garda, Paula; Pisu, Mauro - 2019
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012111119
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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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DECENTRALIZATION AND EFFIENCY IN SPANISH LOCAL GOVERMENT
Ausina, Emili Tortosa; Prior, Diego; Balaguer-Coll, … - Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Económicas (IVIE) - 2006
This study analyzes the links between efficiency and the decentralization of competencies among Spanish local … municipalities were conferred on more competencies. In addition, the likely efficiency gains from enhanceddecentralization increase …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005812818
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Devolution dynamics of Spanish local government
Ausina, Emili Tortosa; Jiménez, Diego Prior; … - Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Económicas (IVIE) - 2010
based on linearprogramming approaches for efficiency measurement. We provide an application to Spanishmunicipalities, which …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008602625