Performance and Pay in the Public Sector: the Case of the Local Tax Assessor

Rexford Santerre () and Laurie J. Bates
Additional contact information
Laurie J. Bates: Bryant College

Public Finance Review, 1996, vol. 24, issue 4, 481-493

Abstract: Because it is unclear, theoretically, if the compensation of public employees is based on performance, this study empirically examines the various factors underlying tax assessor pay. As neoclassical theory suggests, performance, as measured by assessment uniformity, is found to positively affect tax assessor pay. In particular, a 10% increase in assessment uniformity is shown to result in a 1.7%-2.3% increase in tax assessor pay, ceteris paribus .

Date: 1996
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/109114219602400404 (text/html)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:sae:pubfin:v:24:y:1996:i:4:p:481-493

DOI: 10.1177/109114219602400404

Access Statistics for this article

More articles in Public Finance Review
Bibliographic data for series maintained by SAGE Publications ().