On the Cost-Efficiency of Service Delivery in Small Municipalities

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作者：
Arcelus, Francisco J. [1 ,2 ]
Arocena, Pablo [2 ]
Cabases, Fermin [3 ]
Pascual, Pedro [3 ]
机构：
[1] Univ New Brunswick, Fac Business Adm, Fredericton, NB E3B 5A3, Canada
[2] Univ Publ Navarra, Dept Gest Empresas, E-31006 Navarra, Spain
[3] Univ Publ Navarra, Dept Econ, E-31006 Navarra, Spain
来源：
REGIONAL STUDIES | 2015年 / 49卷 / 09期
基金：
加拿大自然科学与工程研究理事会;
关键词：
Municipalities; Cost-efficiency; Pooling of services; Stochastic frontier analysis; LONG-TERM; SPANISH; INFRASTRUCTURE; 2-STAGE;
D O I：
10.1080/00343404.2013.837872
中图分类号：
F [经济];
学科分类号：
02 ;
摘要：
Arcelus F. J., Arocena P., Cabases F. and Pascual P. On the cost-efficiency of service delivery in small municipalities, Regional Studies. This paper analyses the determinants of the efficiency of local government spending. To that effect, a stochastic cost frontier is estimated on a sample of 260 small municipalities from Navarre, a region located in northern Spain. The results suggest that the cost-efficiency in the provision of municipal services increases with (1) the level of pooling or joint provision of services among municipalities; (2) the saliency of local taxes, as compared with regional grants, in its operating budget; (3) the presence of external public comptrollers; and (4) the magnitude of the municipality's accumulated past investment in infrastructures.
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页码：1469 / 1480
页数：12
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