Handbook on Public Sector Efficiency

Edited by Antonio Afonso, Joao Jalles and Ana Venâncio

in Books from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: Examining the increasingly relevant topic of public sector efficiency, this dynamic Handbook investigates the context of constrained fiscal space and public funding sources using cross-country datasets in areas including China, India and sub-Saharan Africa and OECD economies.

Keywords: Economics and Finance; Politics and Public Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
ISBN: 9781839109157
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Chapters in this book:

Ch 1 The size of government , pp 6-31

Antonio Afonso, Ludger Schuknecht and Vito Tanzi

Ch 2 The quality of public finances , pp 32-43

Michael Thöne

Ch 3 Government spending efficiency, measurement and applications: A cross-country efficiency dataset , pp 44-71

Antonio Afonso, Joao Jalles and Ana Venâncio

Ch 4 Methodologies for assessing government efficiency , pp 72-101

Caitlin O’Loughlin, Leopold Simar and Paul Wilson

Ch 5 Overall public sector efficiency , pp 103-128

Antonis Adam and Sofia Tsarsitalidou

Ch 6 On the persistence of public sector efficiency and the role of historical institutional quality , pp 129-148

Konstantinos Angelopoulos and Pantelis Kammas

Ch 7 Government efficiency and fiscal rules , pp 149-176

Amélie Barbier-Gauchard, Kéa Baret and Xavier Debrun

Ch 8 Pension spending efficiency , pp 177-196

Boele Bonthuis

Ch 9 Public-private partnerships, fiscal risks and efficiency , pp 197-218

Gerd Schwartz, …zlem Aydin, Rui Monteiro and Isabel Rial

Ch 10 State-owned enterprises: Struggling to be efficient , pp 219-249

Paulo Medas and Mouhamadou Sy

Ch 11 Public spending efficiency in compulsory education , pp 251-273

Douglas Sutherland

Ch 12 The efficiency of higher education institutions and systems , pp 274-290

Tommaso Agasisti

Ch 13 Efficiency of public health spending , pp 291-312

Pedro Barros and Eduardo Costa

Ch 14 Evaluating the efficiency of social protection spending , pp 313-336

David Coady and Samir Jahan

Ch 15 Efficiency of public investment and implications for the optimal level of public investment , pp 337-354

Jean-Marc Fournier and Fabien Gonguet

Ch 16 Efficiency and economic growth: A panel analysis of Colombian regions , pp 356-372

Luis Alberto Gutiérrez-Arango, Victor Giménez, Daniel Osorio-Barreto and Diego Prior

Ch 17 Analysing public sector efficiency of the Indian States , pp 373-407

Ranjan Kumar Mohanty, N R Bhanumurthy and Biresh K. Sahoo

Ch 18 Estimating returns to scale for the science and technology activities of Project 985 universities in China , pp 408-429

Yao-yao Song, Xian-tong Ren, Guo-liang Yang and Zhong-cheng Guan

Ch 19 Political short termism and government spending efficiency in Sub-Saharan Africa , pp 430-442

Sijuola Olanubi and Oluwanbepelumi Esther Olanubi

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