Public sector efficiency in transition and beyond: evidence from Czech local governments

Šťastná, Lenka; Gregor, Martin

doi:10.1080/00036846.2014.978077

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“…Moreover, Štastná and Gregor (, ) compared 202 local governments in the Czech Republic in the transition period of 1995–1998 and the posttransition period of 2005–2008. Their results show low efficiency levels, scoring from 0.30 to 0.79 depending on the method used.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Similarly, the study of Moore et al. () included the miles of streets serviced as a proxy for street maintenance, Štastná and Gregor (, ) used the size of municipal roads measured in hectares, Sung () used the ratio of road length to area, and Lo Storto () used the urban infrastructure development. In addition, Doumpos and Cohen () and Arcelus et al.…”

Section: Input and Output Indicatorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Similarly, Geys and Moesen (, ) used the share of municipal waste picked up through door‐to‐door collections. Otherwise, Hayes and Chang () and Štastná and Gregor (, ) used the expenditures on waste collection. Sewerage system (10 papers)The sewerage network and cleansing of residuals water can be measured as the number of properties receiving sewerage services, or as the number of sewerage connections . Similarly, Sung () used the penetration rate of sewage as the share of the households with sewage over all households.…”

Section: Input and Output Indicatorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Input and Output Indicatorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“… Sport facilities (4 papers)This service can be measured as the surface of indoor and outdoor sporting facilities, or as the number of users registered in municipal sport activities . Štastná and Gregor () also proxy the expenses related to sport clubs and sporting events. Additionally, Prieto and Zofio () measured the quality of the sport facilities as the indoor sporting facilities condition. Cultural facilities (4 papers)This variable is used as a proxy for the expenses related to subsidies for theatres, cinemas, municipal museums and galleries, and the costs of monument preservation Štastná and Gregor (, ).…”

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confidence: 99%

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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 review of the existing literature on local governments' efficiency from a global point of view, covering all articles from 1990 to August 2016. This paper is the first of two. It covers the basic aspects related to local governments' efficiency measurement not taking into account the effect of environmental conditions. First, we show a detailed overview of the studies investigating public sector efficiency across various countries, comparing the data and samples employed, and the main results obtained. Second, we describe which techniques have been used for measuring efficiency in the context of local governments. Third, we summarize the inputs and outputs used. Finally, we discuss some operative directions and considerations for further research in the field.

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Section: Country‐level Analysismentioning

confidence: 99%