L'individuazione di un benchmark per il fabbisogno di spesa dei comuni italiani: un'analisi per gruppi omogenei

The identification of a benchmark for the expenditure requirements of italian municipalities: an analysis for homogeneous groups

Cristina Catapano, Tatiana Cesaroni, Alessandro Fontana and Daniela Monacelli

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Abstract: The paper presents an estimate of the expenditure requirements to be used as a benchmark in the identification of best practices in the spending behavior of the municipalities. In order to distinguish the determinants of theoretical expenditure requirements with respect to those relating to current expenditure we use a two-stage procedure. The first stage includes the municipalities in homogeneous groups according to structural factors through clustering techniques; in the second stage we estimate current expenditure through variables that capture peculiar factors and preferences within groups identified at the first stage.

Keywords: Expenditure requirements; italian municipalities; cluster analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C38 H72 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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