The Municipal Administration Quality Index: The Italian case

Augusto Cerqua (), Costanza Giannantoni (), Federico Zampollo () and Matteo Mazziotta ()
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Augusto Cerqua: Sapienza University of Rome
Costanza Giannantoni: Sapienza University of Rome
Federico Zampollo: Gran Sasso Science Institute
Matteo Mazziotta: ISTAT

No 2024-06, Discussion Paper series in Regional Science & Economic Geography from Gran Sasso Science Institute, Social Sciences

Abstract: Assessing institutional quality at the municipal level is a complex task and available indices are usually dispersed across different years and offer limited geographical coverage. To bridge this gap, we have introduced the Municipal Administration Quality Index (MAQI), the first composite index designed to measure the quality of administrations at the most granular administrative level over a broad time span. Focusing on Italian municipalities, MAQI evaluates the quality of municipal administrations by examining objective dimensions concerning bureaucratic quality and capacity, local politicians’ valence attributes, and local governments’ economic and fiscal performance. Spanning from 2001 to 2021 and covering nearly all Italian municipalities, MAQI will enable researchers to assess the administrative quality of local governments across multiple dimensions and over time, a task that was previously impracticable.

Keywords: administrative quality; municipalities; composite index; multidimensional phenomena; Italy. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D73 H11 H70 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 44 pages
Date: 2024-04, Revised 2024-10
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