We analyse - theoretically and empirically - the effect of hospital mergers on waiting times in healthcare markets … long panel of data on hospital mergers in the English NHS, where we find that the effects of a merger on waiting times … crucially rely on a legal status that can reasonably be linked to the degree of profit-orientation. Whereas hospital mergers …

This paper uses the data envelopment analysis (DEA) based Malmquist productivity index to estimate total factor … productivity growth (TFPG), technical change, and efficiency change for a panel of firms during the period 1991 to 2001 in 26 … Indian manufacturing industries. The paper then analyses the factors explaining productivity growth, technical change and …

hospital that maximises its surplus in an uncertain environment. The new technology allows the hospital to increase the quality …

productivity enhancing performance of the European Union's CO2 Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) in its pilot phase. Using Data … Envelopment Analysis methods, we measure the environmental efficiency and the productivity growth registered in public power … productivity and efficiency over time using state-of-the-art econometric techniques. Our analysis suggests two conclusions: on the …