Applying data envelopment analysis in measuring public expenditure efficiency in Da Nang city

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  • Nguyen Thi My Hanh

Keywords:

composite indicators
DEA
Danang
public expenditure
public expenditure efficiency

Abstract

Abstract Public expenditure efficiency has been a growing concern among researchers, policy makers, especially in context of the increasing public debt in many countries. Therefore, it is essential to analyse and evaluate the efficiency of public expenditure with appropriate and reliable measurement methods. Accordingly, this paper will analyse and examine public expenditure efficiency in Da Nang city from 1997 to 2012 by applying data envelopment analysis (DEA). The study finds that the public expenditure of Da Nang of the period has been under the optimal efficiency. In detail, an average technical efficiency score suggest that the local state budget expenditure of Da Nang is only delivering around 81% of the output it could deliver if it was on the efficiency frontier in DEA with variable return to scale and around 67% in DEA with constant return to scale.

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Published

Feb 28, 2015
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Nguyen Thi My Hanh. “Applying Data Envelopment Analysis in Measuring Public Expenditure Efficiency in Da Nang City”. The University of Danang - Journal of Science and Technology, vol. 2, no. 87, Feb. 2015, pp. 108-12, https://jst-ud.vn/jst-ud/article/view/1269.

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