Organisational Structure and Managerial Efficiency: A quasi-experimental analysis of German public theatres

Marta Zieba and Carol Newman

No WP032012, Working Papers from University of Limerick, Department of Economics

Abstract: This paper examines the production technology and managerial efficiency of the performing arts sector in Germany using data on 79 theatres over a 32-year period. We examine how different organisational structures affect the efficiency of public theatres and find that theatres organised under public law are more efficient than theatres organised under private law. Using a difference-in-differences approach we examine the impact on efficiency of the exogenous demand shock experienced by theatres located near the East German border after reunification in 1990. We show that theatres organised under private law react positively to this competition shock as measured by their technical efficiency scores confirming that they respond better to market forces than theatres organised under public law.

Keywords: organisational structure; managerial efficiency; natural experiment; public theatres; Germany (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 37 pages
Date: 2012-06, Revised 2012-10
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Published in Homo Oeconomicus, 2013, Vol. 29, pp. 497-534

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