Evaluating Effectiveness in Public Provision of Infrastructure and Equipment: The Case of Spanish Municipalities

By Angel M. Prieto, José Luis Zofío. 2001

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Decentralization and Local Governments' Performance: How Does Fiscal Autonomy Affect Spending Efficiency? (2012, unknown): “Following the existing empirical literature (e.g., De Borger and Kerstens, 1996; Prieto and Zofio, 2001; BalaguerColl et al., 2007; Giménez and Prior, 2007), we selected output indicators that are”
Decentralization and efficiency of local government (2010, background): “Some previous studies focusing on the efficiency of Spanish municipalities are those by Prieto and Zofio (2001) , Gimenez and Prior (2007) and Balaguer-Coll et al. (2007).”
Explaining differences in efficiency: an application to Spanish municipalities (2010, methodology): “In Spain, we can highlight the works of Vilardell (1998); Bosch et al. (2000); Diez-Ticio et al. (2000); Prieto and Zofio (2001); Giménez and Prior (2003); Balaguer (2004); Balaguer et al. (2007) and Garcı́a-Valiñas and Muñiz (2007).”
Some models and measures for evaluating performances with DEA: past accomplishments and future prospects (2007, methodology): “Once again, a start has been made in Prieto and Zofio (2001) who use DEA to evaluate the effectiveness of Spanish municipalities in achieving goals (specified by the central government) in areas such as the provision of water quality, sewage treatment, paving and lighting and artistic and sporting…”