00574nam a2200109Ia 4500080001800000100001800018245004200036260003000078300001000108520032800118583001800446  a11.01.01 H373  aHauner, David  aDeterminants of government efficiency  bIMFa[Washington]USc2008  a25 p.  aCompiles a cross-country panel dataset of government efficiency, encompassing 114 countries on all income levels from 1980 to 2006, with about 1,800 country-year observations for education and about 900 observations for health.  Concludes that higher expenditure relative to GDP tend to be associated with lower efficiency.  c3/17/09kJOYD