Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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7388701 | Socio-Economic Planning Sciences | 2018 | 12 Pages |
Abstract
The paper presents a Data Envelopment Analysis aimed at studying the efficiency of Tuscan municipalities' public expenditure. Five strategic functions of Tuscan municipalities are first considered carrying out a non-aggregate analysis; then the overall expenditure composition of each municipality and the global spending efficiency are analysed by a proposed composite indicator. The main determinants affecting the municipalities' efficiency were further investigated. In particular, the obtained results may be consistently included in the long-standing debate on the municipal size, proving that the bigger the municipality, the greater its level of public expenditure efficiency.
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Authors
Giovanna D'Inverno, Laura Carosi, Letizia Ravagli,