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Health Insurance Reform and Efficiency of Township Hospitals in Rural China: An Analysis from Survey Data
Audibert, Martine; Huang, Xiao Xian; Mathonnat, Jacky; … - HAL - 2012
In the rural health-care organization of China, township hospitals ensure the delivery of basic medical services … also that in the context of China, the efficiency of township hospitals is influenced by unobservable factors. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009001268
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Is Wikipedia Inefficient? Modelling Effort and Participation in Wikipedia
CROWSTON, Kevin; JULLIEN, Nicolas; ORTEGA, Felipe - HAL - 2013
Concerns have been raisedabout the decreased ability of Wikipedia to recruit editors and in to harness the effort of contributors to create new articles and improve existing articles. But, as Marwell & Oliver explained,in collective projects, in the initial stage of the project, people are few...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010820569
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Lift ticket prices and quality in French ski resorts: Insights from a non-parametric analysis
Wolff, Francois-Charles - HAL - 2014
Using a unique data set with 168 ski resorts located in France, this paper investigates the relationship between lift ticket prices and supply-related characteristics of ski resorts. A non-parametric analysis combined with a principal component analysis is used to identify the set of efficient...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010821392
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LA CONCEPTION DE LA TECHNOLOGIE COMME BOITE NOIRE PAR LE CONTROLE DE GESTION BANCAIRE : LA MESURE DE LA PERFORMANCE OPERATIONNELLE DES AGENCES PAR LA METHODE DEA (DATA ENVELOPMENT...
Thenet, Gervais; Guillouzo, Raymond - HAL - 2002
En intégrant la variable technologique, cet article décline les concepts d'" X Efficiency " et de " performance productive ". En recourant à l'axiomatique DEA, appliquée au secteur bancaire, les auteurs évaluent la productivité administrative de l'activité " Accueil guichet " de 42 agences.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008924868
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Quantitative selection of hedge funds using data envelopment analysis
Nguyen-Thi-Thanh, Huyen - HAL - 2006
Previous studies have documented that Data Envelopment Analysis(DEA) could be a good tool to evaluate fund performance,especially the performance of hedge funds as it can incorporatemultiple risk-return attributes characterizing hedge fund's nonnormal return distribution in an unique performance...
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On the Use of Data Envelopment Analysis in Hedge Fund Performance Appraisal
Nguyen-Thi-Thanh, Huyen - HAL - 2006
This paper aims to show that Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) is an efficient tool to assist investors in multiple criteria decision-making tasks like assessing hedge fund performance. DEA has the merit of offering investors the possibility to consider simultaneously multiple evaluation criteria...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008794389
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Lift ticket prices and quality in French ski resorts: Insights from a non-parametric analysis
Wolff, François Charles - HAL - 2014
Using a unique data set with 168 ski resorts located in France, this paper investigates the relationship between lift ticket prices and supply-related characteristics of ski resorts. A nonparametric analysis combined with a principal component analysis is used to identify the set of efficient...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010899389
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Differentiated management of GM diffusion in China: Further hampering the self-sufficiency in cereal production?
Fok, Michel; Liang, Weili; Wang, Guiyan; Wu, Yuhong - HAL - 2004
China is a big country in terms of biotech achievements. It is also a rare country demonstrating crop …
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Taux de change réel et productivité en Chine
Jeanneney, Sylviane Guillaumont; Hua, Ping - HAL - 2011
provinces we calculate the growth of the productivity and of its two components, using DEA Malmquist index. Finally we present a …This article investigates the impact that the appreciation and the stability of the real exchange rate in China between … 1993 and 2001 have exerted on productivity growth. We give theoretical arguments explaining the impact of the real exchange …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008805933
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US Corporate Bond Yield Spread: A default risk debate
Shah, Syed Muhammad Noaman Ahmed; Kebewar, Mazen - HAL - 2013
According to theoretical models of valuing risky corporate securities, risk of default is primary component in overall yield spread. However, sizable empirical literature considers it otherwise by giving more importance to non-default risk factors. Current study empirically attempts to provide...
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