Scientific Research on the Efficiency of Public Expenditures: How and Where is it Going?

Tomás Dias Sant´Ana, André Vaz Lopes, Rodrigo Fontenelle De Araujo Miranda, Paulo Henrique De Souza Bermejo and Gisela Demo

International Journal of Public Administration, 2020, vol. 43, issue 11, 926-936

Abstract: Recent scientific research has advanced the measurement of the relative performance of organizations and the efficiency of public spending, based on analyzes of the services offered and results achieved. However, from the methodological point of view, there are several methods to analyze the performance and efficiency of spending in the private and public sectors. In this sense, the present study performs a systematic bibliometric review to analyze all scientific publications on the efficiency of public spending published in the last 20 years. The results show that most cost-efficiency analyzes have been limited to education and health expenditures and have used quantitative analysis, mainly through the application of data-involution analysis. The present review is a first step in mapping scientific publications on efficiency in public spending, which will support researchers and managers to make public spending more efficient.

Date: 2020
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