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Efficiency of Slovenian General Public Libraries: A Data Envelopment Analysis Approach

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  • Andrej Srakar

    (Institute for Economic Research (IER) and Faculty of Economics, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia)

  • Eva Kodric-Dacic

    (National and University Library, Ljubljana, Slovenia)

  • Klemen Koman

    (Institute for Economic Research (IER), Ljubljana, Slovenia)

  • Damjan Kavas

    (Institute for Economic Research (IER), Ljubljana, Slovenia)

Abstract

In the article, we study financing and efficiency of Slovenian GeneralPublicLibraries. We employ a rich dataset of CEZAR –Centre for Development of Libraries for the years 2008-2014 for 58 libraries and use data envelopment analysis, cluster analysis and regression methods to study the efficiency of libraries over the years. Our main results show that the problems for the libraries in this period did not lie in the lowered efficiency but more likely in other system requirements. Wealso provide a grouping of libraries following clusteranalysis with spatial constraints and show thecluster membership had significant effects on theperformance of the libraries.

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  • Andrej Srakar & Eva Kodric-Dacic & Klemen Koman & Damjan Kavas, 2017. "Efficiency of Slovenian General Public Libraries: A Data Envelopment Analysis Approach," ACEI Working Paper Series AWP-07-2017, Association for Cultural Economics International, revised Sep 2017.
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    Keywords

    general public libraries; Slovenia; financing; efficiency; data envelopment analysis; constrained clustering;
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    JEL classification:

    • Z11 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics - - - Economics of the Arts and Literature
    • Z18 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics - - - Public Policy
    • D61 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Allocative Efficiency; Cost-Benefit Analysis
    • C38 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models; Multiple Variables - - - Classification Methdos; Cluster Analysis; Principal Components; Factor Analysis
    • C33 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models; Multiple Variables - - - Models with Panel Data; Spatio-temporal Models

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