Application of the DEA method in examining the efficiency of municipalities
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https://doi.org/10.61357/sehs.v12i2.41Keywords:
communities and municipalities, efficiency, DEAAbstract
The article deals with the issue of applying the DEA (Data Envelope Analysis) in order to examine the efficiency of selected public services provided by municipalities and towns. It focuses on methodological bases for selecting and ranking municipalities, justifying the need to break down municipalities into smaller, more homogeneous groups. It then shows the practical results of the calculation of efficiencies – achieved mean values in the categories examined and selected groups of municipalities in the context of the whole set. It discusses usage limits with regard to the quality of available data and the overall suitability of the method for monitoring the efficiency of municipalities.
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