This paper analyzes technical efficiency in the production of aggregate health outcomes of reduced infant mortality and increased life expectancy, using the health data at the district level of the State of Tamilnadu. Application of data envelopment analysis (DEA) reveals that some districts...

Given the increasing saliency of special offers as a sales promotion tool, this paper analyses the advantages and disadvantages of the two most common payment reduction schemes, namely a decrease in the purchase price and a delay in the payment of the merchandise. Following some of the latest...