Afonso, AntónioSchuknecht, LudgerTanzi, Vito2010-06-112010-06-112003-07Afonso, António, Ludger Schuknecht e Vito Tanzi. 2003. "Public sector efficiency: an international comparison". Europen Central Bank Working paper series nº 242-2003http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/2125We compute public sector performance (PSP) and efficiency (PSE) indicators, comprising a composite and seven sub-indicators, for 23 industrialised countries. The first four sub-indicators are "opportunity" indicators that take into account administrative, education and health outcomes and the quality of public infrastructure and that support the rule of law and a level playing-field in a market economy. Three other indicators reflect the standard "Musgravian" tasks for government: allocation, distribution, and stabilisation. The input and output efficiency of public sectors across countries is then measured via a non-parametric production frontier technique.engGovernment expenditureEfficiencyFree Disposable HullProduction possibility frontierworking paper