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Analyzing Differences in Rural Hospital Efficiency: A Data Envelopment Analysis Approach
Nedelea, I. Cristian; Fannin, James Matthew; Barnes, … - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2010
This study analyzes difference in efficiency among the U.S. rural hospitals using a two-stage, semi-parametric approach. Data Envelopment Analysis is used in the first stage to calculate cost, technical and allocative efficiencies of Critical Access Hospitals (CAH) and non-CAH rural hospitals....
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Unoriented two-stage DEA: The case of the oscillating intermediate products
Lewis, Herbert F.; Mallikarjun, Sreekanth; Sexton, Thomas R. - In: European Journal of Operational Research 229 (2013) 2, pp. 529-539
Data envelopment analysis (DEA) allows us to evaluate the relative efficiency of each of a set of decision-making units (DMUs). However, the methodology does not permit us to identify specific sources of inefficiency because DEA views the DMU as a “black box” that consumes a mix of inputs...
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Frontier-based performance analysis models for supply chain management; state of the art and research directions
AGRELL, Per; HATAMI-MARBINI, Adel - Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE), … - 2011
Effective supply chain management relies on information integration and implementation of best practice techniques across the chain. Supply chains are examples of complex multi-stage systems with temporal and causal interrelations, operating multi-input and multi-output production and services...
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Zur Wettbewerbsfähigkeit der ostdeutschen Landwirtschaft nach der EU-Osterweiterung
Rothe, Andrea; Lissitsa, Alexej - Leibniz-Institut für Agrarentwicklung in … - 2005
Den Schwerpunkt dieses Discussion Papers bildet eine Effizienzanalyse landwirtschaftlicher Unternehmen Sachsen-Anhalts und Tschechiens. Mittels der Data Envelopment Analysis, einer nicht-parametrischen, auf linearer Programmierung basierenden Methode der Effizienzmessung, wurden die technischen,...
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The Housing Cycle in Emerging Middle Eastern Economies and its Macroeconomic Policy Implications
Beidas-Strom, Samya; Lian, Weicheng; Maseeh, Ashwaq - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2009
This paper examines housing finance and housing price dynamics in selected emerging Middle Eastern economies over the past two decades. It finds that (i) mortgage markets have experienced rapid development, which has led to lower private per capita consumer spending volatility this decade; (ii) a...
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An automatic-democratic approach to weight setting for the new human development index
Tofallis, Chris - In: Journal of Population Economics 26 (2013) 4, pp. 1325-1345
Perhaps the most difficult aspect of constructing a multi-dimensional index is that of choosing weights for the … components. This problem is often bypassed by adopting the ‘agnostic’ option of equal weights, as in the human development index …
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Nonparametric approach for measuring the productivity change and assessing the water use efficiency in the irrigated areas of Tunisia
Chemak, Fraj - African Association of Agricultural Economists - AAAE; … - 2010
technical efficiency, the water use efficiency and the dynamic of the productivity of the irrigated areas in the Sidi Bouzid … performance using the Data Envelopment Analysis approach and we have computed the Malmquist index in order to characterize the … productivity change. Our empirical findings showed that the technical efficiency of the farms has increased by 17% during this …
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Efficiency and productivity change in the English higher education sector from 1996/97 to 2002/03
Johnes, J - Department of Economics, Management School - 2006
This study uses data envelopment analysis (DEA) and a distance function approach to derive Malmquist productivity … the period of the study HEIs have experienced an annual average increase in Malmquist productivity of 1.5%. On … investigating the components of this productivity change, however, it becomes apparent that HEIs have enjoyed an annual average of 2 …
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Nonparametric approach for measuring the productivity change and assessing the water use efficiency in the irrigated areas of Tunisia
Chemak, Fraj - Department of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural … - 2011
using Data Envelopment Analysis approach. Malmquist index has been also computed in order to characterize the productivity … technical efficiency, the water use efficiency and the dynamic of the productivity of the irrigated areas in the Sidi Bouzid … change reveal a positive impact on the productivity change. However, in 2007, the water use efficiency was only 79 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009022072
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Technical Change Performance and Water Use Efficiency in the Irrigated Areas: Data Envelopment Analysis Approach
Chemak, Fraj - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2011
using Data Envelopment Analysis approach. Malmquist index has been also computed in order to characterize the productivity … technical efficiency, the water use efficiency and the dynamic of the productivity of the irrigated areas in the Sidi Bouzid … change reveal a positive impact on the productivity change. However, in 2007, the water use efficiency was only 78 …
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