Measuring local government spending efficiency: Evidence for the Lisbon region

Regional Studies

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 39-53

  Afonso, António ^a,b   Fernandes, Sónia ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK   (Germany)

^c Court of Accounts ^*  (Portugal)

Author keywords

Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA); Lisbon; Municipal expenditure; Technical efficiency

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LOCAL GOVERNMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; LISBOA [PORTUGAL]; LISBON; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 32144447673     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343400500449937     Document Type: Article

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