Browsing BI Open by Author "De Witte, Kristof"
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Citizen coproduction and efficient public good provision: theory and evidence from local public libraries
De Witte, Kristof; Geys, Benny (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)In both public administration and economics, efficiency is brought forward as an important criterion for evaluating administrative actions. Clearly, its value as an assessment principle depends on our ability to adequately ... -
Evaluating Efficient Public Good Provision: Theory and Evidence from a Generalised Conditional Efficiency Model for Public Libraries
De Witte, Kristof; Geys, Benny (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011)Provision of most public goods (e.g., health care, libraries, education, police, fire protection, utilities) can be characterized by a two-stage production process. In the first-stage, basic inputs (e.g., labor and capital) ... -
Political Donations, Public Procurement and Government Efficiency
De Witte, Kristof; Geys, Benny; Titl, Vitezslav (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Public procurement markets are worth 10–15% of global GDP. Recent empirical evidence suggests that firms’ political donations can induce important distortions in the allocation of public procurement contracts. In this ... -
Public expenditures, educational outcomes and grade inflation: theory and evidence from a policy intervention in the Netherlands
De Witte, Kristof; Geys, Benny; Solondz, Catharina (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)This article argues that resource expansion can fail to improve actual student performance because it might cause educators to soften grading standards (i.e., induce grade inflation). Our theoretical model shows that, ... -
Strategic public policy around population thresholds
De Witte, Kristof; Geys, Benny; Schönhage, Nanna Lauritz (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Political economists have long maintained that politicians respond to both (re-)election and financial incentives. This article contributes to the latter literature by analysing whether, when and how local office-holders ...