Abstract
Good governance promotes the fundamental grounds of participation and democracy in contemporary public administration, whilst institution building and the (in)effectiveness of public administration is linked to economic growth. This synergy brings forth sheer implications on the sustainable economic development. On this composite setting, the paper examines several fundamental credentials of public administration in the European Union (EU) countries, in relation to economic development, but also poverty, research, and development support, as representative socio-economic credentials. The empirical analysis is based on data covering the 1995–2017 lapse of time, processed through three econometric procedures, namely robust regression, structural equation modeling, and Gaussian graphical models. The main results emphasize that there are significant joint implications of public administration on the considered socio-economic dimensions. General government spending and, particularly, the environmental support, have positive implications on the European Union economies, leading to significant increases in the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita and downsize in poverty risk (more emphasized in regard to the government expenditures than the environmental protection). Overall, the quality of governance in EU countries requires an additional effort dedicated to leverage good public governance in order to support the long-term economic development.
Highlights
The concept of good governance, as developed by the World Bank, is a reference point on how a country’s dominant administrative structure can be measured
In order to verify our first hypothesis and to assess to what extent the public administration credentials influence the economic development, at the European Union (EU) level, we have built up a macro-econometric model, processed through robust regression (RREG), for each dimension of public governance, as independent variables (Table 2)
To further enhance the interlinkages between public administration dimensions and the other socio-economic variables considered in our empirical analysis within the EU, we have further deployed socio-economic variables considered in our empirical analysis within the EU, we have further two Gaussian graphical, models (GGM), configured based on the extended Bayesian information deployed two Gaussian graphical, models (GGM), configured based on the extended Bayesian criterion (EBIC) and least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (LASSO) (Figure 5a), and partial information criterion (EBIC) and least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (LASSO) Figure correlation (PCOR)
Summary
The concept of good governance, as developed by the World Bank, is a reference point on how a country’s dominant administrative structure can be measured. Public Health 2019, 16, 4940; doi:10.3390/ijerph16244940 www.mdpi.com/journal/ijerph
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