This paper proposes a method to measure efficiency in highly regulated capital-intensive industries in the presence of state-owned enterprises. We generalize the data envelopment analysis method to include regulation in the model, as well as the quasi-fixed nature of capital and its links with...

Using life expectancy as a general health indicator, results suggest that increases in drug spending could be more than offset by decreases in other healthcare spending without affecting the health of the population. This suggests that better access to drugs may be an effective strategy to...

Background: Drug expenditures per capita have drastically increased over the last quarter century in Canada, with a share of overall healthcare costs rising from 8.8% in 1980 to 16.8% in 2002. Pressure to curb expenditure on drugs has increased accordingly, but containing drug expenditure might...

Sous la direction de Marcelin Joanis et Luc Godbout Avec la collaboration de Laurence Allaire Jean, Jean-Pierre Aubry, Bryan Campbell, Jean-Claude Cloutier, Serge Coulombe, Jonathan Deslauriers, Pouya Ebrahimi, Kodjovi M. Eklou, Étienne Farvaque, Martial Foucault, Robert Gagné, Roger Galipeau,...

Allocation of resources to schools in a centrally managed state system, as the Tunisian one, should depend on the performance of the individual institutions. The optimal size is of crucial importance in this context and we need accurate measurement for sound policies. This article discusses and...