In this paper we compare two flexible estimators of technical efficiency in a cross-sectional setting: the nonparametric kernel SFA estimator of Fan, Li and Weersink (1996) to the nonparametric bias corrected DEA estimator of Kneip, Simar and Wilson (2008). We assess the finite sample...

Mikroökonomisch fundierte Einführung: Sie zeigt, wie man auch ohne Vorkenntnisse der Produktionsfunktion zu Aussagen über die produktive Effizienz kommen kann. Die Autoren stellen den Ansatz der nichtparametrischen Frontierfunktionsanalyse vor und erweitern ihn über verschiedene Schritte....

We evaluate the effects of structural tax reforms on government spending efficiency in a sample of OECD economies over the period 2007-2016. After calculating input spending efficiency scores, we assess the relevance for efficiency of narrative tax changes in a panel setup. We find that: i)...

We assess notably how do extreme events affect the public sector efficiency of decentralized governance. Hence, we empirically link the public sector efficiency scores, to tax revenue and spending decentralization. First, we compute government spending efficiency scores via data envelopment...