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New evidence on government efficiency

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  • Paul M. Carrick

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Government is generally not considered an efficient producer. Yet, conceptually, it is relatively simple to construct a system of incentives and controls that should lead to efficiency. The outcomes of over 1700 recent competitions between government producers and the private sector, conducted under OMB's Commercial Activity (CA) Program, provide new evidence. Analysis of the Navy's CA program outcomes demonstrates that the government is as efficient as the private supplier at least 21% of the time. The local incentives and controls that induce this outcome are not widespread, however. Less than half of the government managers selected an efficient mix of inputs without a competitive stimulus and an additional seven percent of the managers did not do so even then.

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  • Paul M. Carrick, 1987. "New evidence on government efficiency," Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 7(3), pages 518-528.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:jpamgt:v:7:y:1987:i:3:p:518-528
    DOI: 10.2307/3323729
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