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Estimating Technical Efficiency in the Italian Municipalities

Abstract The aim of the present work, conducted as part of the research activities of SOSE S.p.A., is to evaluate the technical efficiency of the services provided by General Register Offices in Italy for the year 2009; this estimation exercise has been carried out for the first time on all Italian municipalities separately for each sub-function, highlighting how the inefficiency is due essentially to chronic misalignments in optimal Local Authorities sizing.

Francesco Vidoli | Elisa Fusco | Danilo Ballanti | Claudia Settimi

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