In most multi-species fisheries managed through output controls, total allowable catches (TACs) are set primarily on … resource is reduced. In this paper we show that in the case of multi-species fisheries that exhibit jointness in production … estimation of a multi-output distance function for the UK North Sea beam and otter trawl fisheries, and find that in most cases …

The stochastic frontier model with heterogeneous technical efficiency explained by exogenous variables is augmented … simultaneous maximum likelihood estimation of all parameters is exhibited. The technical efficiency estimates are comparable to … improve estimates of technical efficiency in a production frontier that is usually biased downwards. …

This paper applies a stochastic frontier approach to analyze the evolution of technical efficiency in manufacturing as … of our analysis are threefold. First, technical efficiency was increasing over the analyzed period and acted as a … exists a considerable difference in the level of technological development, measured in terms of structural efficiency, of …

In this paper we examine the significance of labour productivity and use of inputs in explaining technical efficiency … of rice production in Bangladesh. We find that higher labour productivity can stimulate high efficiency gains, but … increased use of inputs (except land) induces negative marginal effect on technical efficiency. While more use of land, improved …

. By means of this common benchmark, we make inferences about the relative technical efficiency of firms in candidate … countries. We show that technical efficiency is higher in the EU, however, firms in CEE countries are converging towards the EU … average. We show that efficiency is not only different between countries, but even within countries. The latter suggests the …

on students learning efficiency. The results indicate that the main effects of the re-organization on the learning … efficiency was a decreasing importance of students? attendance and of continuous preparation of the material. …

measure inputs. Contrasting two alternative econometric strategies to identify technical efficiency yields relatively stable … results. Furthermore, the paper addresses the problem of unobserved heterogeneity by relating the obtained efficiency rankings …. The results suggest that technical efficiency rankings can be obtained in a relatively simple econometric setting. …

the efficiency of Indian banks in generating return relative to the risk they take. If the efficiency measurement is not … the risk efficiency of banks, a novel attempt in the Indian context. The paper further analyzes the efficiency of banks … efficiency in trading risk against return during the sample period. …

gender governance. Results suggest that market conditions can explain to a certain extent the differences in the efficiency … among credit cooperatives. However, the correlates of agency costs do not have a clear-cut effect on the efficiency of … credit cooperatives. What is more significant though in this study is the effect on efficiency of women participation in the …

this fishery precludes an analysis of how the buyback has affected profitability, but changes in technical efficiency can … on technical efficiency in the trawl fleet, applies stochastic frontier analysis to assess whether technical efficiency … little impact on trip-level technical efficiency in the study fishery. However, departures from the frontier are markedly bi …