Public sector efficiency: Evidence for new EU member states and emerging markets

Applied Economics

Volumn 42, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 2147-2164

  Afonso, António ^a,b   Schuknecht, Ludger ^a   Tanzi, Vito ^c  

^a EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^c INTER AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMETRICS; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; EUROPEAN UNION; EXPENDITURE; PROPERTY RIGHTS; PUBLIC SECTOR; RANKING;

ASIA;

EID: 77954398276     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: 14664283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036840701765460     Document Type: Article

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