Public administration in Europe
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION IN EUROPE

Summary/Abstract: Why do some public administrations perform better than others? This is an important question because theperformance of public administration is an important factor of a country’s competitiveness and economic outcomes.Our outcome index for public administration captures ‘good governance’, which includes the six components of theWorld Bank index, representing responsiveness, effectiveness, and legitimacy of governments. Northern Europescores especially well on good governance, followed by Oceania, Western Europe, Northern America, and EasternAsia. Central, Eastern, and Southern Europe obtained the lowest scores in the public administration outcomeindex. Professionalism (as a dimension of the quality of public administration), freedom of the press, the degree ofdecentralization, and intensity of ICT expenditure were significantly positively correlated with good governance.Spending on tax administration, on the other hand, was significantly negatively correlated with good governance.

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