• openAccess   Devolution dynamics of Spanish local government 

      Balaguer-Coll, Maria Teresa; Prior, Diego; Tortosa-Ausina, Emili Pion (2010)
      Over the last few years, there has been a devolutionary tendency in many devel- oped and developing countries. In this article we propose a methodology to decompose whether the benefits in terms of efficiency derived from ...
    • openAccess   Output complexity, environmental conditions, and the efficiency of municipalities 

      Balaguer-Coll, Maria Teresa; Prior, Diego; Tortosa-Ausina, Emili Springer US (2013)
      Over the last few years, many studies have analyzed the efficiency of local governments in different countries. An accurate definition of their output bundles—i.e., the services and facilities they provide to their ...
    • openAccess   Output complexity, environmental conditions, and the efficiency of municipalities: a robust approach 

      Balaguer-Coll, Maria Teresa; Prior, Diego; Tortosa-Ausina, Emili Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Económicas (2010)
      Over the last few years, many studies have analyzed the productive efficiency of local governments in different countries. An accurate definition of their output bundles -i.e., the services and facilities they provide to ...