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Efficiency and quality in local government management. The case of spanish local authorities

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María Teresa Balaguer-Coll (Departament de Finances i Comptabilitat, Universitat Jaume I)
Diego Prior () (Departament d'Economia de l'Empresa, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona)
José Manuel Vela-Bargues (Departament de Finances i Comptabilitat, Universitat Jaume I)
Abstract

This study analyses efficiency levels in Spanish local governments and their determining factors through the application of DEA (Data Envelopment Analysis) methodology. It aims to find out to what extent inefficiency arises from external factors beyond the control of the entity, or on the other hand, how much it is due to inadequate management of productive resources. The results show that on the whole, there is still a wide margin within which managers could increase local government efficiency levels, although it is revealed that a great deal of inefficiency is due to exogenous factors. It is specifically found that the size of the entity, per capita tax revenue, the per capita grants or the amount of commercial activity are some of the factors determining local government inefficiency.

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Paper provided by Department of Business Economics, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona in its series Working Papers with number 200202.

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Keywords: Local government performance Data Envelopment Analysis Efficiency and Quality

Find related papers by JEL classification:
D60 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - General
H71 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - State and Local Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue
H72 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - State and Local Budget and Expenditures

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  1. Lucio Fuentelsaz & Jaime Gomez & Yolanda Polo, 2000. "A dynamic analysis of intrafirm diffusion: the ATMs," Working Papers 200003, Department of Business Economics, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona. [Downloadable!]
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