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Erscheinungsjahr: 
2012
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Working Paper No. 85
Verlag: 
University of Zurich, Department of Economics, Zurich
Zusammenfassung: 
The purpose of this paper is to analyze the optimal scale of local jurisdictions (cantons) in Switzerland applying Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) to the years 2000 to 2004. Aggregate output performance indicators for four local government activities (administration, education, health, and transportation) are used to measure technical and scale efficiency and to derive DEA scores. Results show that these public services fail to exhibit economies of scale, undermining quests for centralization of public good provision while suggesting the possibility of Tiebout competition.
Schlagwörter: 
DEA
efficiency measurement
economies of scale
public good provision
Switzerland
JEL: 
C14
C67
H11
H72
H83
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