This paper specifies an empirical framework for estimating both technical and allocative efficiency, which is applied to a large panel of European banks over the years 1996 to 2003. Our methodology allows for self-consistent measurement of technical and allocative inefficiency, in an effort to...

This paper specifies an empirical framework for estimating both technical and allocative efficiency, which is applied to a large panel of European banks over the years 1996 to 2003. Our methodology allows for self-consistent measurement of technical and allocative inefficiency, in an effort to...

1. Benchmarking -- 2. An Introduction to Data Envelopment Analysis -- 3. Probability Theory -- 4. Stochastic Data Envelopment Analysis -- 5. Stochastic Network Data Envelopment Analysis -- 6. Stochastic Scale Elasticity.