Using DEA Models to Measure the Performance of Public Culture Services in China

Wang, Shaohua; Cheng, En; Zhu, Jianfeng; Fu, Caiwu; Wang, Wende

doi:10.1109/csci.2016.0091

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“…DEA is suitable to detect the technical efficiency of compared units (e.g., countries), meaning that they use the same inputs to produce the same outputs, with different performance [45]. DEA has become the most prominent method for performance measurement and has been commonly used by different scholars to analyze the efficiency of expenditure of public services, e.g., References [46,47]. The model can be built on the assumption of constant returns to scale (one unit of input generates one unit of output) when all DMUs are operating at optimal scale (CCR model).…”

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Evaluation of Efficiency in Selected Areas of Public Services in European Union Countries

Halásková

Prokop

2018

Sustainability

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Over the past 40 years, the service sector has become the dominant area of market economies. The public sector and services financed from public financing represent a specific group within the services sector. This paper aims to evaluate the efficiency of EU countries and find the extent to which the volume of public services (and the respective financial allocations) can have an impact on selected economic indicators. To this end, the efficiency of public expenditure in five areas of public services (general public services; health; education; social protection; and recreation, culture, and religion) in 2009 and 2016 was evaluated in relation to selected economic indicators (GDP per capita and employment in services). In addition, the efficiency of public expenditure in EU countries was evaluated in relation to the size of the public sector and traditions of public administration. For cross-country analyses within the 27 European countries, data envelopment analysis and the input-oriented variable returns to scale (VRS) model were applied. The results demonstrated that in 2009, 13 out of 27 countries were efficient as opposed to 2016, where only seven countries were efficient. In countries with bigger size of public sector, the efficiency of public expenditure on services was not established. However, there was a similarity in the efficiency of public expenditure on services between groups of EU countries regarding the tradition of public administration.

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Evaluation of Efficiency in Selected Areas of Public Services in European Union Countries

Halásková

Prokop

2018

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“…Several methods are used for the evaluation in public sector. For the evaluation of public organizations in selected public sectors, data envelopment analysis (DEA) (Wang, et al, 2016) or Balanced Scorecard (Badia and Borin, 2012;Kaplan and Northon, 2001) are used. Other methods such as economic-size and structural analysis, cluster analysis or cultural satellite accounts (UNESCO, 2009) are also applied.…”

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Multi-criteria Evaluation of the State of Professional Theatres in the Czech Republic in Terms of Mixed Public Goods Provided to the Citizens

Ardielli

Bečica

2018

Review of Economic Perspectives

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The provision of public goods is an important aspect of public sector management, and it is a subject of specific conditions. Public Goods should be provided efficiently and in accordance to consumer demand and should meet the provider's political and financial priorities as well as other obligatory commitments. An important role also play the citizens that are increasingly appealing on the provision of high-quality, accessible and cost-effective public goods in line with the principle of "value for money". The evaluation of the provided public goods is, therefore, a topical issue. A particular case would be the provision of mixed public goods. This article deals with the topic of evaluation of mixed public goods provided in the cultural sector, specifically in the field of theatres. The basis of the economic value of cultural goods (products) and services is their rarity and utility value. Major difficulties are associated with the evaluation of freely available cultural goods or cultural services provided for non-equivalent admissions. Cultural goods often are of a high spiritual value in the eyes of the public, but, at the same time, their financial value is low. The aim of the paper is to evaluate the level of mixed public goods provided by Czech professional theatres from the perspective of technical and financial availability to citizens. For the assessment of the level of provided cultural goods, the multi-criteria evaluation method WSA is used. In terms of technical and financial aspects, the results of the research demonstrate a great variability across organizations associated in the Professional Theatres Association. The organizations are ranked according to the level of provided mixed public goods from best to worst.

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“…In generally most of the studies e.g. (Barrio et al, 2009;Carvalho et al, 2014;Wang et al, 2016) indicate that the choice of variables for the measurement of inputs and outputs is the most demanding task due to the differences in the character of museums. The variables in DEA processing have to reflect the varios features of museums.…”

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“…DEA results depend decisively on the set of input and output variables that are used in the analysis. From the perspective of using DEA method a large number of input and output indicators lead to an increase in the number of effective DMUs, which reduces the evaluation effectiveness of DEA method (Wang et al, 2016).…”

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Economic Efficiency of Cultural Institutions: The Case of Museums in Slovakia

Šebová¹

2018

Montenegrin Journal of Economics

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The efficiency analysis is widely applied in public institutions, but they are still rarely used in case of cultural institutions. The paper deals with the technical efficiency of museums that are characterized by diverse activities and multiple objectives. This multidimensionality complicates the evaluation of efficiency by using traditional economic methods. The paper evaluates the technical efficiency of museums in Slovakia using the method Data Envelopment Analysis. The objective of the paper was to identify key indicators suitable for analyzing efficiency based on available cultural statistics. The appropriate indicators were selected using multivariate statistical techniques-Principal Component Analysis. The findings of the analysis point to significant differences in the efficiency of slovak museums and enable defining the characteristics of the most effective museums. As this is the first analysis of the efficiency of Slovak museums, the findings can be helpful in practice for improving the statistical surveys about museums and their efficiency in Slovakia.

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Using DEA Models to Measure the Performance of Public Culture Services in China

Cited by 7 publications

References 7 publications

Evaluation of Efficiency in Selected Areas of Public Services in European Union Countries

Evaluation of Efficiency in Selected Areas of Public Services in European Union Countries

Multi-criteria Evaluation of the State of Professional Theatres in the Czech Republic in Terms of Mixed Public Goods Provided to the Citizens

Economic Efficiency of Cultural Institutions: The Case of Museums in Slovakia

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