EXPLANATORY FACTORS OF THE MUNICIPAL MANAGEMENT EFFECTIVENESS
Performance evaluation, effectiveness, public management, public policies.
This research aims to analyze explanatory factors of the effectiveness of municipal management, based on the Effectiveness Index (IEGM), prepared by the Brazilian Courts of Accounts. The study uses the quantitative approach with the empirical-analytical method. Data from the 4,265 municipalities analyzed were collected from the websites of the Rui Barbosa Institute (IRB), Federal Council of Administration (CFA), Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE), Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), National Treasury Secretariat ) and the Institute for Applied Economic Research (IPEA). The results revealed as explanatory factors of the effectiveness of municipal public management: schooling (complete upper level, lato sensu and stricto sensu postgraduate) and managerial political experience; higher GDP per capita and own revenue of the municipality; lower levels of income concentration (GINI index); size and location of the municipality. The main conclusions are that cities managed by managers with better levels of education and political experience, as well as those with a higher percentage of own income increase the probability of improving the effectiveness of municipal public management. The main contribution of the study is the advancement of the literature on performance evaluation in the public sector with regard to the criterion of effectiveness of municipal public management.