Public Services Efficiency Provision in Italian Regions: a Non-Parametric Analysis
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Keywords
technical efficiency; DEA; regional expenditure; Italy.;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C14 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General - - - Semiparametric and Nonparametric Methods: General
- H42 - Public Economics - - Publicly Provided Goods - - - Publicly Provided Private Goods
- H72 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - State and Local Budget and Expenditures
- R50 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Regional Government Analysis - - - General
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-EEC-2005-05-07 (European Economics)
- NEP-GEO-2005-05-07 (Economic Geography)
- NEP-PBE-2005-05-07 (Public Economics)
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