Assessing and explaining the relative efficiency of local government : evidence for portuguese municipalities

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Autor(a) principal: Afonso, António
Data de Publicação: 2005
Outros Autores: Fernandes, Sónia
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/2694
Resumo: In this paper we measure the relative efficiency of Portuguese local municipalities in a non-parametric framework approach using Data Envelopment Analysis. As an output measure we compute a composite local government output indicator of municipal performance. This allows assessing the extent of municipal spending that seems to be "wasted" relative to the "best-practice" frontier. Our results suggest that most municipalities could achieve, on average, the same level of output using fewer resources, improving performance without necessarily increasing municipal spending. Inefficiency scores are afterwards explained by means of a Tobit analysis with a set of relevant explanatory variables playing the role of non-discretionary inputs.
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spelling Assessing and explaining the relative efficiency of local government : evidence for portuguese municipalitiesLocal GovernmentExpenditure EfficiencyTechnical EfficiencyDEATobit ModelsIn this paper we measure the relative efficiency of Portuguese local municipalities in a non-parametric framework approach using Data Envelopment Analysis. As an output measure we compute a composite local government output indicator of municipal performance. This allows assessing the extent of municipal spending that seems to be "wasted" relative to the "best-practice" frontier. Our results suggest that most municipalities could achieve, on average, the same level of output using fewer resources, improving performance without necessarily increasing municipal spending. Inefficiency scores are afterwards explained by means of a Tobit analysis with a set of relevant explanatory variables playing the role of non-discretionary inputs.ISEG – Departamento de EconomiaRepositório da Universidade de LisboaAfonso, AntónioFernandes, Sónia2010-12-15T14:06:00Z20052005-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/2694engAfonso, António e Sónia Fernandes. 2005. "Assessing and explaining the relative efficiency of local government : evidence for portuguese municipalities". Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão - DE Working papers nº 19-2005/DE/UECE0874-4548info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-03-06T14:33:52Zoai:www.repository.utl.pt:10400.5/2694Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T16:50:39.331362Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Assessing and explaining the relative efficiency of local government : evidence for portuguese municipalities
title Assessing and explaining the relative efficiency of local government : evidence for portuguese municipalities
spellingShingle Assessing and explaining the relative efficiency of local government : evidence for portuguese municipalities
Afonso, António
Local Government
Expenditure Efficiency
Technical Efficiency
DEA
Tobit Models
title_short Assessing and explaining the relative efficiency of local government : evidence for portuguese municipalities
title_full Assessing and explaining the relative efficiency of local government : evidence for portuguese municipalities
title_fullStr Assessing and explaining the relative efficiency of local government : evidence for portuguese municipalities
title_full_unstemmed Assessing and explaining the relative efficiency of local government : evidence for portuguese municipalities
title_sort Assessing and explaining the relative efficiency of local government : evidence for portuguese municipalities
author Afonso, António
author_facet Afonso, António
Fernandes, Sónia
author_role author
author2 Fernandes, Sónia
author2_role author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Repositório da Universidade de Lisboa
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Afonso, António
Fernandes, Sónia
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Local Government
Expenditure Efficiency
Technical Efficiency
DEA
Tobit Models
topic Local Government
Expenditure Efficiency
Technical Efficiency
DEA
Tobit Models
description In this paper we measure the relative efficiency of Portuguese local municipalities in a non-parametric framework approach using Data Envelopment Analysis. As an output measure we compute a composite local government output indicator of municipal performance. This allows assessing the extent of municipal spending that seems to be "wasted" relative to the "best-practice" frontier. Our results suggest that most municipalities could achieve, on average, the same level of output using fewer resources, improving performance without necessarily increasing municipal spending. Inefficiency scores are afterwards explained by means of a Tobit analysis with a set of relevant explanatory variables playing the role of non-discretionary inputs.
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