This article analyses the efficiency of French nuclear energy plants belonging to EDF-electricity of France from 2004 to 2008 with a DEA-Data Envelopment Analysis model. The <inline-graphic xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" id="ILG0001" xlink:href="raec_a_892199_ilg0001.gif"/>-convexity model is used to investigate the technical efficiency of a representative sample of nuclear plants. The results...

Production frontiers for the manufacturing sector are estimated to determine a 'country specific' catching-up process of Total Factor Productivity (TFP). TFP gains were aimed at assessing the manufacturing industry's productive performances for 14 Organization for Economic Cooperation and...