Efficiency evaluation in municipal services: An application to the street lighting service in Spain

Journal of Productivity Analysis

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 149-162

  Lorenzo, José Manuel Prado ^a   Sánchez, Isabel María García ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA); Efficiency; Municipal administration; Public sector; Street lighting

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249681923     PISSN: 0895562X     EISSN: 15730441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11123-007-0032-z     Document Type: Article

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