Handbook on public sector efficiency /

"Examining the increasingly relevant topic of public sector efficiency, this dynamic Handbook investigates the context of constrained fiscal space and public funding sources using cross-country datasets in areas including China, India, sub-Saharan Africa and OECD economies. Expert contributors...

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Korporativní autor: Edward Elgar Publishing
Další autoři: Afonso, António (Editor), Tovar Jalles, João (Editor), Venâncio, Ana (Editor)
Médium: E-kniha
Jazyk:angličtina
Vydáno: Northampton : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2023
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ISBN:9781839109164 (e-book)
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  • Contents: Introduction to public sector efficiency / António Afonso, João Tovar Jalles, Ana Venâncio
  • Part I. Size and quality of the government
  • 1. The size of government / António Afonso, Ludger Schuknecht, Vito Tanzi
  • 2. The quality of public finances / Michael Thöne
  • 3. Government spending efficiency, measurement and applications: A cross-country efficiency dataset / António Afonso, João Tovar Jalles, Ana Venâncio
  • 4. Methodologies for assessing government efficiency / Caitlin O'Loughlin, Léopold Simar, Paul W. Wilson
  • Part II. Public sector efficiency, and institutions and firms
  • 5. Overall public sector efficiency / Antonis Adam, Sofia Tsarsitalidou
  • 6. On the persistence of public sector efficiency and the role of historical institutional quality / Konstantinos Angelopoulos, Pantelis Kammas
  • 7. Handbook on public sector efficiency, government efficiency and fiscal rules / Amélie Barbier-Gauchard, Kéa Baret, Xavier Debrun
  • 8. Pension spending efficiency / Boele Bonthuis
  • 9. Public-private partnerships, fiscal risks and efficiency / Gerd Schwartz, Özlem Aydin, Rui Monteiro, Isabel Rial
  • 10. State-owned enterprises: Struggling to be efficient / Paulo Medas, Mouhamadou Sy
  • Part III. Public sector efficiency in the education, health, and social protection sectors
  • 11. Public spending efficiency in compulsory education / Douglas Sutherland
  • 12. The efficiency of higher education institutions and systems / Tommaso Agasisti
  • 13. Efficiency of public health spending / Pedro Pita Barros, Eduardo Costa
  • 14. Evaluating the efficiency of social protection spending / David Coady, Samir Jahan
  • 15. Efficiency of public investment and implications for the optimal level of public investment / Jean-Marc Fournier, Fabien Gonguet
  • Part IV. Public sector efficiency across the world
  • 16. Efficiency and economic growth: A panel analysis of colombian regions / Luis Alberto Gutiérrez-Arango, Víctor Giménez, Daniel Osorio-Barreto, Diego Prior
  • 17. Analysing public sector efficiency of the Indian states / Ranjan Kumar Mohanty , N R Bhanumurthy, Biresh K. Sahoo
  • 18. Estimating returns to scale for the science and technology activities of project 985 universities in China / Yao-yao Song, Xian-tong Ren, Guo-liang Yang, Zhong-cheng Guan
  • 19. Political short termism and government spending efficiency in sub-saharan Africa / Sijuola Orioye Olanubi, Oluwanbepelumi Esther Olanubi
  • Index.