Cost-efficiency, scale efficiency, and productivity change are estimated by data envelopment analysis; and cost-efficiency … is regressed on explanatory variables. No evidence is found for average productivity responding to deregulation over the …

We use bank level data to study the efficiency of banks in Sub-Saharan African middle-income countries and provide … possible explanations for the difference in the efficiency levels of banks. We find that banks, on average, could save 20 … and domestic private banks. Among the factors that could affect the efficiency levels are macroeconomic stability, depth …

terms of scale efficiency, the banks in Bahrain operate at the same level as banks in Singapore and their closest …

This paper explores the impact of fiscal decentralization on the efficiency of public service delivery. It uses a … stochastic frontier method to estimate time-varying efficiency coefficients and analyzes the impact of fiscal decentralization on … those efficiency coefficients. The findings indicate that fiscal decentralization can improve the efficiency of public …

efficiency, equity, and administrative and compliance costs. This paper analyzes tax expenditures in Italy, considering the …

growth from total factor productivity has been minor, while the high population growth poses a significant challenge to …

This paper employs newly constructed measures for productivity differentials, external imbalances, and commodity terms …-based real exchange rate and commodity terms of trade. The estimated impact of productivity growth differentials between traded …