TY - JOUR
T1 - Local governments' efficiency: a systematic literature review - Part II
AU - Narbón-Perpiñá, Isabel
AU - De Witte, Kristof
N1 - Funding Information:
Isabel Narb?n-Perpi?? has received funding from Universitat Jaume I (PREDOC/2013/35 and E-2016-04).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 The Authors. International Transactions in Operational Research © 2017 International Federation of Operational Research Societies
Copyright:
Copyright 2018 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2018/7
Y1 - 2018/7
N2 - The efficient management of the available resources in local governments has been a topic of high interest in the field of public sector. We provide an extensive and comprehensive review of the existing literature on local governments' efficiency from a global point of view, covering all articles from 1990 to August 2016. This paper is the second of two. It covers the aspects related to local governments' efficiency measurement along with its determinants, that is, taking into account the effect of environmental variables over efficiency. First, we describe which techniques have been used to incorporate environmental variables in the context of local governments. Second, we provide a classification for the determinants used and summarize their impact on efficiency. Finally, we discuss some operative directions and considerations for further research in the field.
AB - The efficient management of the available resources in local governments has been a topic of high interest in the field of public sector. We provide an extensive and comprehensive review of the existing literature on local governments' efficiency from a global point of view, covering all articles from 1990 to August 2016. This paper is the second of two. It covers the aspects related to local governments' efficiency measurement along with its determinants, that is, taking into account the effect of environmental variables over efficiency. First, we describe which techniques have been used to incorporate environmental variables in the context of local governments. Second, we provide a classification for the determinants used and summarize their impact on efficiency. Finally, we discuss some operative directions and considerations for further research in the field.
KW - contextual factors
KW - efficiency
KW - local government
KW - survey
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U2 - https://doi.org/10.1111/itor.12389
DO - https://doi.org/10.1111/itor.12389
M3 - Article
VL - 25
SP - 1107
EP - 1136
JO - International Transactions in Operational Research
JF - International Transactions in Operational Research
SN - 0969-6016
IS - 4
ER -