EXPLANATORY FACTORS OF THE MUNICIPAL MANAGEMENT EFFECTIVENESS: AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF THE BRAZILIAN CONTEXT
Performance Evaluation. Effectiveness. Agency Theory. Public Policy.
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 the municipal public management: better level of schooling (incomplete upper level, complete upper level, lato sensu and stricto sensu postgraduate) and managerial political experience; higher per capita GDP and higher percentages of municipal revenue; lower levels of income concentration (GINI index); (very small, medium and large) and the location of the municipality (the cities located in the north and northeast regions had, on average, worse results, whereas those located in the south and southeast showed opposite behavior). 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.