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Efficiency of Universities and Research-Focused Institutions Worldwide : An Empirical DEA Investigation Based on Institutional Publication Numbers and Estimated Academic Staff Numb...
Bornmann, Lutz - 2020
the efficiency of institutions worldwide, the problem concerning the availability of internationally standardized data …. We calculate efficiency scores for more than 4,800 universities and other research-focused institutions worldwide … America or Europe. The results of the study show that institutions in the Pacific region have the highest average efficiency …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012839362
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Government Spending and Tax Revenue Decentralization and Public Sector Efficiency : Do Natural Disasters Matter?
Afonso, António; Jalles, João Tovar; Venâncio, Ana - 2023
We assess notably how do extreme events affect the public sector efficiency of decentralized governance. Hence, we … empirically link the public sector efficiency scores, to tax revenue and spending decentralization. First, we compute government … spending efficiency scores via data envelopment analysis. Second, relying on panel data and impulse response approaches, we …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014356487
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Does Government Spending Efficiency Improve Fiscal Sustainability?
Afonso, António; Alves, José - 2022
We evaluate the impact of government spending efficiency on fiscal sustainability for a panel of 35 OECD countries … the input efficiency scores obtained, countries’ fiscal balance and fiscal sustainability is directly improved by the use … revenues to changes in government spending. Next, we make use of so-called government spending efficiency scores, which …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013289691
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Efficiency of Universities and Research-Focused Institutions Worldwide: An Empirical DEA Investigation Based on Institutional Publication Numbers and Estimated Academic Staff Numbe...
Bornmann, Lutz; Gralka, Sabine; de Moya Anegón, Félix; … - 2020
the efficiency of institutions worldwide, the problem concerning the availability of internationally standardized data …. We calculate efficiency scores for more than 4,800 universities and other research-focused institutions worldwide … America or Europe. The results of the study show that institutions in the Pacific region have the highest average efficiency …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012207922
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Rural Transformation, Inequality, and the Origins of Microfinance
Suesse, Marvin - 2019
factors shaping the market entry of rural microfinance institutions across time and space. We provide empirical evidence for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012857765
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When Pro-Poor Microcredit Institutions Favor Richer Borrowers - A Moral Hazard Story
Biancini, Sara; Venet, Baptiste; Ettinger, David - 2021
We suggest an explanation for the existence of “mission drift”, the tendency for Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013245624
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Flexible Microcredit : Effects on Loan Repayment and Social Pressure
Czura, Kristina - 2020
Flexible repayment schedules allow borrowers to invest in profitable yet risky projects, but practitioners fear they erode repayment morale. We study repayment choices in rigid and flexible loan contracts that allow discretion in repayment timing. To separate strategic repayment choices from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012832188
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Social Finance
Kuchler, Theresa; Stroebel, Johannes - 2021
We review an empirical literature that studies the role of social interactions in driving economic and financial decision making. We first summarize recent work that documents an important role of social interactions in explaining household decisions in housing and mortgage markets. This...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013315042
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Psychological and Social Motivations in Microfinance Contracts : Theory and Evidence
Dhami, Sanjit - 2020
Microfinance contracts have enormous economic and welfare significance. We study, theoretically and empirically, the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012848321
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Does Envelopment Through Data Advantage Call for New Regulation?
Langus, Gregor; Lipatov, Vilen - 2021
Envelopment is an effective form of market entry that facilitates competition among platforms. Nevertheless, many commentators have focused on the anticompetitive potential of envelopment, and some have argued for regulation of platforms because of that concern. These calls for regulation are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013239564