Performance of Local Government in the new environment

The paper deals with the relationship between performance of local governments and two of many potential exogenous determinants of the environment, size of the municipality and aging index. Measuring the efficiency of selected municipal services is conducted by Data envelopment analysis ( DEA), and further correlation analysis. The sample consists of 193 municipalities from three different Slovak regions. There were no strong correlation found among efficiency scores and chosen exogenous factors, however, there has been discovered interesting thing about the smallest municipalities, which in this combination of services, show almost the same efficiency, like the biggest size category in the sample ( from 20 to 50 thousands of inhabitants), which might contribute to the discussion about amalgamation.