public expenditure growth and improve public administration efficiency to reduce the public “footprint” on the economy and …

government efficiency. The findings show a strikingly consistent pattern. Organized crime mainly operates in the distribution of … religion. Finally, government efficiency in public spending is beneficial for reducing the opportunities of the organized crime. …

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

This paper investigates the performance and efficiency of the public sector in 74 countries worldwide for the years … envelopment analysis) approach for the calculation of efficiency scores. Government expenditure is used as input for the … evaluation of efficiency. In the last step the efficiency scores are regressed upon variables that describe the environment of …

frontier, TFP being the composite effect of efficiency scores and possibility frontier changes. We consider, for the periods … ; public spending ; efficiency ; Malmquist index …