De performantie van de overheid
Abstract
This article examines whether the efficiency and effectiveness of the government linearly depends on the size of the public spending. We show that countries with a larger government do not systematically achieve better results than countries with a smaller government. Therefore, by the use of a specially tailored non-parametric model, we measure the performance of 23 OECD governments. The analysis is corrected for both macro and micro economical risks which influence the size of the public sector. For instance for Belgium, we find that, if the Belgian government would perform as efficient as its best practice, it could increase performances by 7.9% while decreasing its budget by 7.9%. Finally, the article verifies why some countries and regions are able to have a permanent higher economic welfare, while others do not.Download Info
If you experience problems downloading a file, check if you have the proper application to view it first. In case of further problems read the IDEAS help page. Note that these files are not on the IDEAS site. Please be patient as the files may be large.Bibliographic Info
Article provided by Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfswetenschappen in its journal Review of Business and Economics.
Volume (Year): LIII (2008)
Issue (Month): 2 ()
Pages: 171-187
Contact details of provider:
Postal: Naamsestraat 69, 3000 Leuven
Web page: http://www.econ.kuleuven.be
More information through EDIRC
Related research
Keywords: efficiency; institutions; non-parametric; government effectiveness;References
No references listed on IDEASYou can help add them by filling out this form.
Citations
Lists
This item is not listed on Wikipedia, on a reading list or among the top items on IDEAS.Statistics
Access and download statisticsCorrections
When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:ete:revbec:20080204For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: (Hilde Roos).
If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.
If references are entirely missing, you can add them using this form.
If the full references list an item that is present in RePEc, but the system did not link to it, you can help with this form.
If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.
Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.