IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/wfo/monber/y2008i12p923-940.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Einsparungs- und Effizienzsteigerungspotentiale in der öffentlichen Verwaltung. Ergebnisse einer international vergleichenden Analyse

Author

Listed:
  • Angelika Pasterniak
  • Hans Pitlik

Abstract

Die häufige Vermutung, in der öffentlichen Verwaltung würden große Einsparungspotentiale bestehen, beruht auf der allgemeinen Vorstellung, dass die österreichische Bürokratie insgesamt "zu groß" und/oder "zu teuer" sei. Vor dem Hintergrund der seit vielen Jahren anhaltenden Diskussion über Verwaltungsreformen stellt die vorliegende Arbeit die Verwaltungskosten Österreichs den Ausgaben in anderen EU- und OECD-Ländern gegenüber. Unabhängig von der gewählten Definition der Verwaltungskosten nimmt demnach Österreich in der Regel eine Position im internationalen Mittelfeld ein; hohe Einsparungspotentiale bestehen in der allgemeinen Hoheitsverwaltung. Selbst wenn man die Kostendegressionsnachteile von Österreich als kleinem Land berücksichtigt, ergibt sich je nach Referenzland und unter der Annahme gleicher Qualität und Quantität der Verwaltungsleistungen der Länder eine theoretische Effizienzreserve von ¾ bis 2½ Mrd. €. Auch gemäß einem internationalen Performance- und Effizienzvergleich bestehen in der österreichischen Hoheitsverwaltung beträchtliche Effizienzreserven. Die WIFO-Schätzungen weisen auch auf weitere Einsparungsmöglichkeiten bis zu ½ Mrd. € durch eine Verringerung der Komplexität von Rechtsvorschriften und Verwaltungsprozessen hin.

Suggested Citation

  • Angelika Pasterniak & Hans Pitlik, 2008. "Einsparungs- und Effizienzsteigerungspotentiale in der öffentlichen Verwaltung. Ergebnisse einer international vergleichenden Analyse," WIFO Monatsberichte (monthly reports), WIFO, vol. 81(12), pages 923-940, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:wfo:monber:y:2008:i:12:p:923-940
    Note: With English abstract.
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.wifo.ac.at/wwa/pubid/34642
    File Function: abstract
    Download Restriction: Payment required
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Tirole, Jean, 1994. "The Internal Organization of Government," Oxford Economic Papers, Oxford University Press, vol. 46(1), pages 1-29, January.
    2. Ulrike Mandl & Adriaan Dierx & Fabienne Ilzkovitz, 2008. "The effectiveness and efficiency of public spending," European Economy - Economic Papers 2008 - 2015 301, Directorate General Economic and Financial Affairs (DG ECFIN), European Commission.
    3. Elsa Pilichowski & Edouard Turkisch, 2008. "Employment in Government in the Perspective of the Production Costs of Goods and Services in the Public Domain," OECD Working Papers on Public Governance 8, OECD Publishing.
    4. Hans Pitlik & Heinz Handler & Joseph Reiter & Angelika Pasterniak & Thomas Kostal, 2008. "Effizienz der Ausgabenstrukturen des öffentlichen Sektors in Österreich," WIFO Studies, WIFO, number 34659.
    5. Mr. Peter S. Heller & Mr. Alan A. Tait, 1982. "International Comparisons of Government Expenditure," IMF Occasional Papers 1982/001, International Monetary Fund.
    6. Niskanen, William A, 1975. "Bureaucrats and Politicians," Journal of Law and Economics, University of Chicago Press, vol. 18(3), pages 617-643, December.
    7. Williamson, Oliver E, 1999. "Public and Private Bureaucracies: A Transaction Cost Economics Perspective," The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, Oxford University Press, vol. 15(1), pages 306-342, April.
    8. Douglas Sutherland & Robert Price, 2007. "Linkages Between Performance and Institutions in the Primary and Secondary Education Sector," OECD Economics Department Working Papers 558, OECD Publishing.
    9. Moe, Terry M, 1990. "Political Institutions: The Neglected Side of the Story," The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, Oxford University Press, vol. 6(0), pages 213-253.
    10. Hans Pitlik, 2007. "Theoretische Eckpunkte einer grundlegenden Reform des aktiven Finanzausgleichs," WIFO Monatsberichte (monthly reports), WIFO, vol. 80(12), pages 951-964, December.
    11. Zsuzsanna Lonti & Matt Woods, 2008. "Towards Government at a Glance: Identification of Core Data and Issues related to Public Sector Efficiency," OECD Working Papers on Public Governance 7, OECD Publishing.
    12. Mueller,Dennis C., 2003. "Public Choice III," Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press, number 9780521894753, September.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Hans Pitlik & Kristina Budimir & Norbert Gruber, 2010. "Optionen einer ausgabenseitigen Budgetkonsolidierung," WIFO Monatsberichte (monthly reports), WIFO, vol. 83(3), pages 247-267, March.
    2. Gunther Tichy, 2017. "Mangelnde Effizienz als Erfolgsbremse," WIFO Monatsberichte (monthly reports), WIFO, vol. 90(9), pages 677-699, September.
    3. Hans Pitlik, 2017. "Österreich 2025 – Verwaltungsreform zwischen Effizienzstreben und Reformwiderständen. Ein Überblick," WIFO Monatsberichte (monthly reports), WIFO, vol. 90(3), pages 205-217, March.

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Angelika Pasterniak & Hans Pitlik, 2009. "Potential for Savings and Efficiency Enhancement in Public Administration. Results of an International Benchmarking Analysis," Austrian Economic Quarterly, WIFO, vol. 14(1), pages 23-40, March.
    2. Stephen Jan, 2000. "Institutional considerations in priority setting: transactions cost perspective on PBMA," Health Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 9(7), pages 631-641, October.
    3. Hans Pitlik & Kristina Budimir & Norbert Gruber, 2010. "Optionen einer ausgabenseitigen Budgetkonsolidierung," WIFO Monatsberichte (monthly reports), WIFO, vol. 83(3), pages 247-267, March.
    4. Hans Pitlik & Margit Schratzenstaller, 2011. "Growth Implications of Structure and Size of Public Sectors," WIFO Working Papers 404, WIFO.
    5. Schmidt, Torsten, 2001. "Finanzreformen in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland: Analyse der Veränderungen der Finanzverfassung von 1949 bis 1989," RWI Schriften, RWI - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, volume 67, number 67.
    6. Krause, Günter, 2004. "On the role of budgeting in the delegated provision of public goods under asymmetric information," W.E.P. - Würzburg Economic Papers 51, University of Würzburg, Department of Economics.
    7. repec:eee:labchp:v:3:y:1999:i:pc:p:3573-3630 is not listed on IDEAS
    8. Gregory, Robert G. & Borland, Jeff, 1999. "Recent developments in public sector labor markets," Handbook of Labor Economics, in: O. Ashenfelter & D. Card (ed.), Handbook of Labor Economics, edition 1, volume 3, chapter 53, pages 3573-3630, Elsevier.
    9. Matthias Benz & Bruno S. Frey, "undated". "Corporate Governance: What can we Learn from Public Governance?," IEW - Working Papers 166, Institute for Empirical Research in Economics - University of Zurich.
    10. Carlos Scartascini & Mariano Tommasi & Ernesto H. Stein, 2008. "Veto Players, Intertemporal Interactions and Policy Adaptability: How Do Political Institutions Work?," Research Department Publications 4593, Inter-American Development Bank, Research Department.
    11. Lindemann, Henrik, 2015. "Budgetary Interests and the Degree of Unbundling in Electricity Markets - An Empirical Analysis for OECD Countries," Hannover Economic Papers (HEP) dp-543, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät.
    12. Aleksandar Vasilev, 2013. "On the cost of rent-seeking by government bureaucrats in a Real-Business-Cycle framework," Working Papers 2013_20, Business School - Economics, University of Glasgow.
    13. Gonzalo Fernández-de-Córdoba & Javier Pérez & José Torres, 2012. "Public and private sector wages interactions in a general equilibrium model," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 150(1), pages 309-326, January.
    14. Mikko Ketokivi & Joseph T. Mahoney, 2020. "Transaction Cost Economics As a Theory of Supply Chain Efficiency," Production and Operations Management, Production and Operations Management Society, vol. 29(4), pages 1011-1031, April.
    15. María del Rocío Moreno-Enguix & Laura Vanesa Lorente-Bayona & Ester Gras-Gil, 2019. "Social and Political Factors Affect the Index of Public Management Efficiency: A Cross-Country Panel Data Study," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 144(1), pages 299-313, July.
    16. Afonso, António & Fernandes, Sónia, 2008. "Assessing and explaining the relative efficiency of local government," Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), Elsevier, vol. 37(5), pages 1946-1979, October.
    17. Ruet, Joel, 2006. "Optimal timing in the privatisation of a utility in an emerging country: the case of electricity distribution in Delhi," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 34(17), pages 2702-2718, November.
    18. Lars-Erik Borge & Torberg Falch & Per Tovmo, 2008. "Public sector efficiency: the roles of political and budgetary institutions, fiscal capacity, and democratic participation," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 136(3), pages 475-495, September.
    19. Timo Goeschl & Johannes Jarke, 2013. "The warnings puzzle: an upstream explanation," Journal of Regulatory Economics, Springer, vol. 44(3), pages 339-360, December.
    20. M. Maegli & C. Jaag & M. Finger, 2010. "Regulatory Governance Costs in Network Industries: Observations in Postal Regulation," Competition and Regulation in Network Industries, Intersentia, vol. 11(2), pages 207-238, June.
    21. Vasilev, Aleksandar, 2013. "Essays on Real Business Cycle Modeling and the Public Sector," EconStor Theses, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, number 130522, January.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:wfo:monber:y:2008:i:12:p:923-940. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Florian Mayr (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://edirc.repec.org/data/wifooat.html .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.