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Letter Grading Government Efficiency / Alberto Chong, Rafael La Porta, Florencio Lopez-de-Silanes, Andrei Shleifer.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Chong, Alberto.
- Series:
- Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w18268.
- NBER working paper series no. w18268
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2012.
- Summary:
- We mailed letters to non-existent business addresses in 159 countries (10 per country), and measured whether they come back to the return address in the US and how long it takes. About 60% of the letters were returned, taking over 6 months, on average. The results provide new objective indicators of government efficiency across countries, based on a simple and universal service, and allow us to shed light on its determinants. The evidence suggests that both technology and management quality influence the quality of government.
- Notes:
- Print version record
- August 2012.
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