Local governments' efficiency: a systematic literature review—part I

I Narbón‐Perpiñá, K De Witte - International Transactions in …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The efficient management of the available resources in local governments has been a topic
of high interest in the field of public sector. We provide an extensive and comprehensive …

Local governments' efficiency: a systematic literature review—part II

I Narbón‐Perpiñá, K De Witte - International Transactions in …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The efficient management of the available resources in local governments has been a topic
of high interest in the field of public sector. We provide an extensive and comprehensive …

Rethinking new public management delivery forms and efficiency: Long-term effects in Spanish local government

G Pérez-López, D Prior… - Journal of public …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
With the increase in public services offered at the local level and heightened budgetary and
financial constraints on local government, new ways of managing local public services must …

The selective collection of municipal solid waste and other factors determining cost efficiency. An analysis of service provision by spanish municipalities

CM Campos-Alba, JC Garrido-Rodríguez… - Waste Management, 2021 - Elsevier
In recent years, concerns about the increasing generation of municipal solid waste, together
with related health and environmental issues and regulatory changes, have motivated …

Efficiency assessment of Portuguese municipalities using a conditional nonparametric approach

JM Cordero, F Pedraja-Chaparro, EC Pisaflores… - Journal of Productivity …, 2017 - Springer
Measuring local government efficiency is a complex task that has to take into account that
they usually operate in a heterogeneous context. Therefore, the estimation of relative …

Exploring the performances and determinants of public service provision in 35 major cities in China from the perspectives of efficiency and effectiveness

J Shi, X Dai, K Duan, J Li - Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, 2023 - Elsevier
The measurement of public service provision (PSP) performance and identification of its
influencing variables are of great importance for the government to efficiently utilize public …

Local government efficiency: reviewing determinants and setting new trends

J Milán‐García, N Rueda‐López… - International …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
This paper has reviewed the international literature on the explaining factors of efficiency of
local governments from 1990 to June 2019. The main objective of this work is to explore the …

Explaining local governments' cost efficiency: Controllable and uncontrollable factors

I Narbon-Perpina, I Arribas, MT Balaguer-Coll… - Cities, 2020 - Elsevier
Efficient and effective management of public resources is essential at all levels of
government. This issue has gained momentum due to the strains that affected public sector …

Relationship between transparency and efficiency in municipal governments: Several nonparametric approaches

J Cifuentes-Faura, B Benito, MD Guillamón… - Public Performance & …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
The aim of this paper is to determine whether transparency influences efficiency of public
services delivery and, therefore, the economic performance of municipal governments. First …

Local government efficiency: determinants and spatial interdependence

MT Balaguer-Coll, MI Brun-Martos… - Applied …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
We analyse the determinants of local government efficiency taking into account the
presence of spatial interactions among neighbouring municipalities. To do so, first we …