The relevance of commuting zones for regional spending efficiency

We use Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) efficiency scores to show that clustering municipalities into encompassing regional clusters improves spending efficiency of single stand-alone municipalities. We propose a new geographic aggregation based on municipalities-to-municipalities commuting flows, de...

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Main Author: Afonso, António (author)
Other Authors: Venâncio, Ana (author)
Format: workingPaper
Language:eng
Published: 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/5991
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:www.repository.utl.pt:10400.5/5991