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Author:   Antonio Afonso ,  Joao Tovar Jalles ,  Ana Venancio
Publisher:   Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Imprint:   Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
ISBN:  

9781839109157

ISBN 10:   1839109157
Pages:   458
Publication Date:   31 March 2023
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Contents: Introduction to public sector efficiency António Afonso, João Tovar Jalles, Ana Venâncio 1 PART I SIZE AND QUALITY OF THE GOVERNMENT 1 The size of government 6 António Afonso, Ludger Schuknecht, Vito Tanzi 2 The quality of public finances 32 Michael Thöne 3 Government spending efficiency, measurement and applications: A cross-country efficiency dataset 44 António Afonso, João Tovar Jalles, Ana Venâncio 4 Methodologies for assessing government efficiency 72 Caitlin O’Loughlin, Léopold Simar, Paul W. Wilson PART II PUBLIC SECTOR EFFICIENCY, AND INSTITUTIONS AND FIRMS 5 Overall Public sector efficiency 103 Antonis Adam, Sofia Tsarsitalidou 6 On the persistence of public sector efficiency and the role of historical institutional quality 129 Konstantinos Angelopoulos, Pantelis Kammas 7 Handbook on public sector efficiency, government efficiency and fiscal rules 148 Amélie Barbier-Gauchard, Kéa Baret, Xavier Debrun 8 Pension spending efficiency 176 Boele Bonthuis 9 Public−private partnerships, fiscal risks and efficiency 196 Gerd Schwartz, Özlem Aydin, Rui Monteiro, Isabel Rial 10 State-owned enterprises: Struggling to be efficient 218 Paulo Medas, Mouhamadou Sy PART III PUBLIC SECTOR EFFICIENCY IN THE EDUCATION, HEALTH, AND SOCIAL PROTECTION SECTORS 11 Public spending efficiency in compulsory education 249 Douglas Sutherland 12 The efficiency of higher education institutions and systems 272 Tommaso Agasisti 13 Efficiency of public health spending 289 Pedro Pita Barros, Eduardo Costa 14 Evaluating the efficiency of social protection spending 310 David Coady, Samir Jahan 15 Efficiency of public investment and implications for the optimal level of public investment 334 Jean-Marc Fournier, Fabien Gonguet PART IV PUBLIC SECTOR EFFICIENCY ACROSS THE WORLD 16 Efficiency and economic growth: A panel analysis of Colombian regions 353 Luis Alberto Gutiérrez-Arango, Víctor Giménez, Daniel Osorio-Barreto, Diego Prior 17 Analysing public sector efficiency of the Indian States 370 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 405 Yao-yao Song, Xian-tong Ren, Guo-liang Yang, Zhong-cheng Guan 19 Political short termism and government spending efficiency in Sub-Saharan Africa 427 Sijuola Orioye Olanubi, Oluwanbepelumi Esther Olanubi Index 440

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'Taxpayers worldwide care about value for money through public spending. That is what public sector efficiency is about. The Handbook on Public Sector Efficiency maps the full landscape, bringing together contributions from lead researchers. Indispensable for practitioners and policymakers.' -- Vitor Gaspar, Director of the Fiscal Affairs Department at the International Monetary Fund, Washington DC, US 'In times of growing public debt and stagflation, public sector efficiency is more important than ever. This Handbook is an essential guide for researchers and policy makers to a better understanding and towards improving the efficiency of the public sector.' -- Clemens Fuest, President of the IFO Institute and Director of the Center for Economic Studies, Germany

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Edited by António Afonso, João Tovar Jalles and Ana Venâncio, ISEG – Lisbon School of Economics and Management, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal

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