economies. We also assess the efficiency of public spending in redistributing income by using a DEA (Data Envelopment Analysis …

In this paper we analyse public sector efficiency in the new member states of the European Union compared to that in … emerging markets. After a conceptual discussion of expenditure efficiency measurement issues, we compute efficiency scores and … rankings by applying a range of measurement techniques. The study finds that expenditure efficiency across new EU member states …

We compute public sector performance (PSP) and efficiency (PSE) indicators, comprising a composite and seven sub …, distribution, and stabilisation. The input and output efficiency of public sectors across countries is then measured via a non …

In this paper we analyse public sector efficiency in the new member states of the EU compared to that in emerging … markets. After a conceptual discussion of expenditure efficiency measurement, we compute efficiency scores and rankings by … applying a range of measurement techniques. The study finds that expenditure efficiency across new EU member states is rather …

We compute public sector performance (PSP) and efficiency (PSE)indicators, comprising a composite and seven sub …, distribution, and stabilisation. The input and output efficiency of public sectors across countries is then measured via a non …-parametric production frontier technique. The study finds significant differences in public sector performance and efficiency, which …

particular to the impact of the quality of education and public institutions. The paper assesses the efficiency of public …

subnational governments by transferring additional tasks. This paper analyzes the efficiency of public spending on an intermediate … government level for a sample of 96 départements in metropolitan France in 2008. Spending efficiency is measured using Data … between 10 and 22 percent, depending on model specification. To explain efficiency, a bootstrapped truncated regression …

This chapter conducts a review of the literature dealing with overall public sector performance and efficiency, it … defines a methodology to assess public sector efficiency and it creates a novel and large cross-sectional panel dataset of … government indicators and public sector efficiency scores. The focus is on a balanced sample covering all 36 OECD countries over …

We evaluate the effects of structural tax reforms on government spending efficiency in a sample of OECD economies over … the period 2007-2016. After calculating input spending efficiency scores, we assess the relevance for efficiency of … narrative tax changes in a panel setup. We find that: i) input efficiency scores average around 0.6-07; ii) increases in the tax …

This paper investigates the political determinants of public sector efficiency using a cross-national data from 117 … efficiency frontiers, developing-country frontiers and developed-country frontiers, and governments in developed countries on … average have better efficiency than those in developing countries. Tobit estimation in the second stage finds that not the …