Empirical Determinants of Government Efficiency: A Study Based on Objective Indicators
Brazilian Political Science Review
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Início Publicação: 31/12/2006
Periodicidade: Quadrimestral
Área de Estudo: Ciência política
Empirical Determinants of Government Efficiency: A Study Based on Objective Indicators
Ano: 2012 | Volume: 6 | Número: 1
Autores: Francisca Guedes
Autor Correspondente: Francisca Guedes | [email protected]
Autor Correspondente: Francisca Guedes | [email protected]
Palavras-chave: Government quality, public goods provision, efficiency, political determinants, cultural determinants, economic determinants
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Resumo Inglês:
This paper is concerned with two things: finding an objective and easilyquantifiable measure of government efficiency and testing possible determinantsof government quality. As measures of government efficiency, we used ratios ofinfant mortality rate to health expenditures as a percentage of GDP, and ratios ofdrop out and illiteracy rates to education expenditures as a percentage of GDP.We assume that government efficiency in providing health and education servicesdepends on economic, political and cultural factors.
