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A Theoretical And Empirical Research On Government Performance Evaluation Of Public Goods Supply

Posted on:2009-08-25Degree:DoctorType:Dissertation
Country:ChinaCandidate:A X WangFull Text:PDF
GTID:1116360242995860Subject:Management Science and Engineering
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With the further implementation of Scientific Concept of Development, government performance evaluation of public goods supply will become the focus and guideline of government performance evaluation. Based on review of theories, viewpoints, and models of New Public Management, relevant government performance evaluation methods, indicators, and major affecting factors of government performance, etc., this research constructs a theoretical framework and an indicator system for government evaluation of public goods supply, as well as a model of affecting factors for government evaluation of public goods supply, and conducts an empirical study on the actual state of government performance of public goods supply of different provinces in China in view of performance indicators, improvement indicators, diversity indicators, simultaneity indicators and contribution rates of various affecting factors. In the final part, this research consequently gives policy suggestions for promoting government performance of public goods supply. Main contents of the research include:(1) Construction of theoretical system for government evaluation of public goods supply. Large amount of arguments on government performance and its evaluation have been taken by scholars at home and abroad, though, a global and systematic research on the evaluation of public goods supply is still rare. This research tries to construct an integrated theoretical system for government evaluation of public goods supply, which mainly includes system of principles for evaluation, indicator system, criteria system, method system, analysis system, implementation system, and application system etc.(2) Development of indicator system for government performance evaluation of public good supply. Based on comparison of relevant theories, researches and indicator systems of government performance evaluation, this research comes up with an approach that from theoretic indicator system to applicable indicator system then practical system; taking the basis of categories of public goods, a path model of development of indicator system has been designed; and with Factor Analysis Method, 125 inflexible indicators have been selected to form an indicator system for government performance evaluation of public goods supply.(3) Analysis of status quo of public goods supply of provincial governments in China. The research conducts an empirical research on 125 specific indicators of public goods, e.g. public S&T, public education, public medical care & health, public culture, and infrastructure, etc. and objective weights of input, output and efficiency thereof with Structural Equation Model, and determines individual performance of various categories, global performance of public goods supply, and the interrelationship between them. The result shows that there are problems such as insufficient global performance, increasing regional diversity, structural imbalance of categories, accelerated progress of low-level and obvious support from economy, etc.(4) Research on evaluation methods for measuring and assessing government performance of public goods supply. In view of performance indicators, improvement indicators, diversity indicators, simultaneity indicators and contribution rate of affecting factors etc. and with multi-dimensional analysis of static and dynamic conditions, the research analyzes status quo of public goods supply performance of provincial governments in China. The method provides a multi-dimensional tool for government performance evaluation of pubic goods supply, as well as a brand new perspective for scientific assessment of government performance of public goods supply.(5) Policy Suggestions for promoting government performance of public goods supply. Based on the affecting factors model of government performance of public goods supply, the research tries to study the influencing mechanism of social factors to the government performance of public goods supply in terms of economy, science & technology, politics, culture, social institution and system, historical, and demographic factors. Meanwhile, combining the conclusions above, policy suggestions such as equalization of basic public service capacity, public service rate, public input rate, minimum-standard of public supply, reference standard of public supply, more support for the "sinking region" of public goods supply, and development of third-party assessment, etc. have been advanced in the research so as to promote government performance of public goods supply.
Keywords/Search Tags:Government supply of Public Goods, Indicator System, Performance Evaluation, Empirical Research, Policy Suggestion
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