ASSESSMENT OF INTERGOVERNMENTAL REVENUE TRANSFERS

Authors
ALI AI LERME CS NAKOSTEEN RA
Citation
Ai. Ali et al., ASSESSMENT OF INTERGOVERNMENTAL REVENUE TRANSFERS, Socio-economic planning sciences, 27(2), 1993, pp. 109-118
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Planning & Development",Economics
Journal title
Socio-economic planning sciences → ACNP
ISSN journal
00380121
Volume
27
Issue
2
Year of publication
1993
Pages
109 - 118
Database
ISI
SICI code
0038-0121(1993)27:2<109:AOIRT>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
This paper employs data envelopment analysis (DEA) to study intergover nmental transfers of revenue from central to local government, termed local aid in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The pattern of transfe rs is evaluated relative to DEA efficiency measures. The viability of employing DEA for assessing state and city government efforts to meet the unique needs of each community is illustrated using available data for 53 of the cities and towns of Massachusetts for the year 1988.