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Innovation, R&D Efficiency and the Impact of the Regulatory Environment : A Two-Stage Semi-Parametric DEA Approach
Cullmann, Astrid; Schmidt-Ehmcke, Jens; Zloczysti, Petra - 2009
This paper assesses the relative efficiency of knowledge production in the OECD using a nonparametric DEA approach …). The empirical evidence supports the hypothesis that barriers to entry, aimed at reducing competition, lower research …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014204664
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Research efficiency in manufacturing : an application of DEA at the industry level
Schmidt-Ehmcke, Jens; Zloczysti, Petra - 2009
This paper analyzes research efficiency at the industry level in manufacturing for 13 European member and four …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003832826
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Research Efficiency in Manufacturing : An Application of DEA at the Industry Level
Schmidt-Ehmcke, Jens; Zloczysti, Petra - 2009
This paper analyzes research efficiency at the industry level in manufacturing for 13 European member and four …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014204657
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Incentives in regulatory DEA models with discretionary outputs : the case of Danish water regulation
Heesche, Emil; Bogetoft Pedersen, Peter - 2021
Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) based cost norms have attractive properties in the regulation of natural monopolies … that the regulation will induce socially optimal output levels. In this paper, we analytically and numerically examine the … that the eight-year catch-up period allowed in this regulation gives strong incentives to reduce costs since the firms can …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012514429
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The efficiency of educational production : a comparison of the Nordic countries with other OECD countries
Bogetoft Pedersen, Peter; Heinesen, Eskil; Tranæs, Torben - 2015
Focusing in particular on upper secondary education, this paper examines whether the relatively high level of expenditure on education in the Nordic countries is matched by high output from the educational sector, both in terms of student enrolment and indicators of output quality in the form of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011343085
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Digital economies and evolving regulations : a parametric and non-parametric approach with bad output across countries
Mishra, Shila; Chauhan, Manish; Mathur, Somesh K. - 2022
We use the non-parametric Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) and the parametric Stochastic Frontier Analysis (SFA) to workout efficiency and productivity of the ICT sector across 50 countries for the time period 2016 and 2020. By considering OECD -DSTRI index as bad output, the study intends to...
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Measuring tax burden efficiency in OECD countries : an international comparison
Afonso, António; Montes, Ana Patricia; Domínguez … - 2024
In this paper, we estimate the potential tax burden in a panel data set comprising OECD countries over the period 2000-2021. To this end, we use non-parametric and parametric techniques: Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) and Stochastic Frontier Analysis (SFA). In this way, it will be possible for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015065230
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Operational conditions in regulatory benchmarking models : a Monte Carlo analysis
Nieswand, Maria; Seifert, Stefan - 2016
Benchmarking methods are widely used in the regulation of firms in network industries working under heterogeneous …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011483291
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Fiscal decentralization and public sector efficiency : evidence from OECD countries
Adam, Antonis (contributor); Delēs, Manthos D. (contributor) - 2008
This paper attempts to identify the effect of fiscal decentralization on public sector efficiency (PSE). We employ data envelopment analysis on a panel of 21 OECD countries over the period 1970-2000 to construct two alternative PSE indicators that reflect the governmental goals of economic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003748486
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Measuring the efficiency of public schools in Uruguay : main drivers and policy implications
Santín, Daniel; Sicilia, Gabriela - In: Latin American economic review : LAER ; official … 24 (2015), pp. 1-28
The aim of this research is to explore the existence of inefficient behaviors in public high schools in Uruguay and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011885536