This study aims to assess the Cost Efficiency (CE) of the Greek cooperative banks over the period 2000–2005. We first use Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) to estimate the technical, allocative and cost efficiency for each bank in sample. Then, we use a bootstrapping censored (Tobit)...

Major steps were taken in Indian banking sector in the early 1990s to liberalise commercial bank functioning in order to improve their efficiency. The measurement of bank efficiency provides the foundation for consequent inquiry into reasons producing efficiency differences. This article...

Olive growing is the main agricultural activity in Andalusia, although the systems used are far from homogenous. Indeed, technological and natural characteristics have led to the implementation of several growing systems. Our goal is to analyze the efficiency of the two most important systems in...

This paper examines the influence of environmental factors on the technical and revenue efficiency of German savings banks. It employs a two-step approach, using, first, data envelopment analysis to calculate efficiency and, second, multivariate regressions to examine the influence of regional...

The NSW Government is implementing a financial framework which is designed to encourage government service providers to become more efficient and effective. NSW Treasury is using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) to measure the efficiency of major government service providers, such as police,...

The subject of the present article is a new procedure forecasting credit risk of companies in Polish economic environment. What favors the suggested approach is the fact that in Poland, unlike in western countries, DEA method has not yet been implemented in order to assess credit risk that...

By this paper we intend to analyze the existing gap in the efficiency of R&D investment, at European level. The method employed in this respect is Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). The evaluation of the performance in R&D in European countries, in terms of technical efficiency (TE) thus...

Parmi les pays d’Europe centrale et orientale entrés dans l’Union européenne (UE) en mai 2004, la Pologne est le plus grand pays agricole. L’objectif de cet article est d’examiner la structure économique des exploitations polonaises individuelles et, en particulier, d’évaluer leur...

Parmi les pays d’Europe centrale et orientale entrés dans l’Union européenne (UE) en mai 2004, la Pologne est le plus grand pays agricole. L’objectif de cet article est d’examiner la structure économique des exploitations polonaises individuelles et, en particulier, d’évaluer leur...

This paper applies data envelopment analysis (DEA) based Malmquist productivity index (MPI) approach to examine the total factor productivity (TFP) growth and its components of 50 private sector hospitals of India for the period 2004-2005 to 2009-2010. The study finds that on average, the TFP...