Public sector efficiency: an international comparison

Ludger Schuknecht (), Antonio Afonso and Vito Tanzi ()
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Vito Tanzi: International Monetary Fund (IMF),Tax Policy Division Fiscal Affairs Department, 700 19th Street NW, Washington, DC 20431, United States., http://www.imf.org/external/index.htm

No 242, Working Paper Series from European Central Bank

Abstract: We compute public sector performance (PSP) and efficiency (PSE) indicators, comprising a composite and seven sub-indicators, for 23 industrialised countries. The first four sub-indicators are "opportunity" indicators that take into account administrative, education and health outcomes and the quality of public infrastructure and that support the rule of law and a level playing-field in a market economy. Three other indicators reflect the standard "Musgravian" tasks for government: allocation, distribution, and stabilisation. The input and output efficiency of public sectors across countries is then measured via a non-parametric production frontier technique. JEL Classification: C14; H50.

Keywords: Government expenditure; efficiency; free disposable hull; production possibility frontier. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2003-07
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