This paper studies innovation dynamics in efficiency improving electricity generation technologies as an important … that patenting in efficiency improving technologies has mostly been stable over time, with a recent decreasing trend. We … significant technology transfer in the field of efficiency improving technologies for electricity production. This flow of know …

productivity growth (TFPG), technical change, and efficiency change for a panel of firms during the period 1991 to 2001 in 26 … efficiency change using a Tobit regression for each industry. The results reveal that TFPG declined for all the sectors during … the period. The most significant factor affecting efficiency change, technical change and productivity growth is RD …

This paper investigates the efficiency of the public sector in a sense of public performance and expenditures. For 23 …, security and infrastructure. We use several efficiency techniques (FDH, order-m) and investigate input- and output …-oriented efficiency of the public sector. We find that countries with small public sectors tend to be more efficient no matter which …

We examine the efficiency gains in health systems generated after the national roll out of basic healthcare in El …-specialized health workers improves efficiency, maintaining quality of care. …