Colabora: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'
Economia de l'Empresa
Autor/es: Balaguer Coll, María Teresa; Prior Jiménez, Diego; Vela Bargues, José Manuel;
Publica: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Economia de l'Empresa
Resumen : This study analyses efficiency levels in Spanish local governments and their determining
factors through the application of DEA (Data Envelopment Analysis) methodology. It aims to
find out to what extent inefficiency arises from external factors beyond the control of the entity, or on the other hand, how much it is due to inadequate management of productive resources. The results show that on the whole, there is still a wide margin within which
managers could increase local government efficiency levels, although it is revealed that a
great deal of inefficiency is due to exogenous factors. It is specifically found that the size of the entity, per capita tax revenue, the per capita grants or the amount of commercial activity are some of the factors determining local government inefficiency.
