Does cutting back the public sector improve efficiency? Some evidence from 15 European countries
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Keywords
Stochastic frontier production function; public sector productivity; welfare;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- H11 - Public Economics - - Structure and Scope of Government - - - Structure and Scope of Government
- H53 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Government Expenditures and Welfare Programs
- O4 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity
- D6 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-EEC-2013-05-11 (European Economics)
- NEP-EFF-2013-05-11 (Efficiency and Productivity)
- NEP-HIS-2013-05-11 (Business, Economic and Financial History)
- NEP-PBE-2013-05-11 (Public Economics)
- NEP-PUB-2013-05-11 (Public Finance)
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