The efficiency of refuse collection services in Spanish municipalities: do non-controllable variables matter?

Núria Bosch, Francisco Pedraja () and Javier Suárez-Pandiello ()
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Francisco Pedraja: Universidad de Extremadura
Javier Suárez-Pandiello: Universidad de Oviedo

No 2001/4, Working Papers from Institut d'Economia de Barcelona (IEB)

Abstract: The aim of this article is to analyse the technical efficiency and cost-efficiency of the refuse collection services in 73 municipalities located in Catalonia, Spain. The analysis has been carried out using a modification of the DEA model in three stages developed by Fried and Lovell (1996), that allows to take into account the influence of those factors that the producer cannot control (non-controllable variables). The results seem to back the hypothesis that non-controllable variables do not affect very much the ease of provision of the service, with the exception of few municipalities.

Keywords: Fiscal Efficiency; Local public services; Management (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D24 H49 H72 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 23 pages
Date: 2001
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