This study examines the technical efficiency of schools in Australia and its determinants using NAPLAN test results of … region, state and territory in which the school is located. We estimate that the average technical efficiency score of … target for schools in the sample to reach the efficiency frontier is 100 NAPLAN points. Our results suggest that eliminating …

This paper studies the evolution of the distribution of firms in the ferrous metals industry by efficiency levels. The …

We propose a difference-differential equation that reflects interactions between innovation and imitation processes to … describe the evolution of the distribution curve of firms by efficiency levels. An explicit solution of this equation is …: the "logistic" shape of diffusion curves and the stable form of production capacities distribution by efficiency levels …

establish an accurate risk-return ratio. The efficiency of banks involved in the shipping industry is particularly important … shipping companies. This paper presents an effort to assess the shipping banks’ efficiency, and the determination of those … factors which affect their technical efficiency, through the application of Data Envelopment Analysis. The results of this …

Major factors of efficiency of the economy of Ukraine, which influence is formalized in the form of valid regression … models, are revealed. On the basis of the constructed models the forecast of dynamics of the basic parameters of efficiency … of efficiency of economy of Ukraine are revealed. …

We analyze how the possibility of resale affects efficiency in multi-object uniform-price auctions with asymmetric … participate in a resale market after the auction. In all treatments, the possibility of resale increases efficiency after the … auction, but it also induces demand reduction by high-value bidders during the auction, which reduces auction efficiency. In …

innovations, trends and efficiency. In particular, we focus on controversial issues of microfinance, such as commercialization …

intangible assets on efficiency of professional football clubs. Econometric approach was used to establish econometric models for … three indicators of efficiency – total income, total cash flow and rank of club in the national championship. In all models … intangible assets (professional players) have reliable positive effect on efficiency of English football clubs. …