Euro-crisis , public sector efficiency , cohesion policy , theory of bureaucracy
Abstract:
The need to balance austerity with growth policies has put government efficiency high on
the economic policy agenda in Europe. Administrative reforms which boost the efficiency
of the administration can alleviate the trade-off between consolidation and public service
provision. Against such backdrop, this study explores the determinants of efficiency en-
hancing public administration reforms for a panel of EU countries using a novel reform
indicator. The findings support the political-economic reasoning: An economic and fiscal
crisis is a potent catalyst for reforms, but a powerful bureaucracy effectively constrains
the opportunities of a crisis to promote this particular type of reform. Furthermore,
there is evidence for horizontal learning from other EU countries, and for vertical learning
associated with a particular type of EU transfers.
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