On the determinants of local government performance: A two-stage nonparametric approach

European Economic Review

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 425-451

  Balaguer Coll, Maria Teresa ^a   Prior, Diego ^b   Tortosa Ausina, Emili ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Efficiency; Kernel smoothing; Local government; Nonparametric regression

Indexed keywords

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; FISCAL POLICY; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLITICAL ECONOMY;

EID: 33846327989     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euroecorev.2006.01.007     Document Type: Article

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