Determinants of government efficiency /

We compile the first large cross-country panel dataset of public sector performance and efficiency, encompassing 114 countries on all income levels from 1980 to 2006, with about 1,800 country-year observations for the education sector and about 900 observations for health. We regress these indicator...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Authors: Hauner, David (Author), Kyobe, Annette (Author)
Corporate Author: International Monetary Fund. Fiscal Affairs Department
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, ©2008.
Series:IMF working paper ; WP/08/228.
Subjects:
Government productivity > Econometric models.
Expenditures, Public > Econometric models.
Administrative agencies > Management > Econometric models.
Administration publique > Productivité > Modèles économétriques.
Dépenses publiques > Modèles économétriques.
Administration publique > Gestion > Modèles économétriques.
Expenditures, Public > Econometric models
Öffentlicher Sektor.
Öffentliche Ausgaben.
Wirtschaftliche Effizienz.
Welt.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • I. Introduction; II. Methodology; III. Government Efficiency, 1980-2004; Tables; 1. Summary of Scores; 2. Spearman Rank Order Correlations; Figures; 1. Plots of PSP, PSE, and DEA Scores in Education and Health; 2. Evolution of Health and Education Spending, Performance, and Efficiency in Advanced and Developing Economies; IV. Determinants of Government Efficiency; 3. Tested-Down Regressions; 4. Overview of Univariate and Tested-Down Regressions; A. Economic Determinants; B. Institutional Determinants; C. Demographic and Geographic Determinants; V. Conclusions; VI. Appendix
  • A. Data SourcesB. Countries Included; C. Background Tables; A1. Summary of Determinants; A2. Univariate Regressions; A3. Multivariate Regressions; References

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