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Estimating alternative technology sets in nonparametric efficiency analysis : restriction tests for panel and clustered data
Neumann, Anne; Nieswand, Maria; Schubert, Torben - 2016
Nonparametric efficiency analysis has become a widely applied technique to support industrial benchmarking as well as a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011652727
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Is DEA useful in the regulation of water utilities? : a dynamic efficiency evaluation (a dynamic efficiency evaluation of water utilities)
García-Valiñas, María A.; Muñiz, M. A. - In: Applied economics 39 (2007) 1/3, pp. 245-252
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003427296
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Water use efficiency of wheat farmers in Tunisia : comparison between participants and non-participants in food security project
Chebil, Ali; Bahri, Walid; Frija, Aymen - In: International journal of business policy and economics 10 (2017) 2, pp. 115-126
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011874049
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Estimating Alternative Technology Sets in Nonparametric Efficiency Analysis: Restriction Tests for Panel and Clustered Data
Neumann, Anne; Nieswand, Maria; Schubert, Torben - In: Journal of Productivity Analysis 45 (2016) 1, pp. 35-51
Nonparametric efficiency analysis has become a widely applied technique to support industrial benchmarking as well as a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011641668
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Overcoming data limitations in nonparametric benchmarking : applying PCA-DEA to natural gas transmission
Nieswand, Maria; Cullmann, Astrid; Neumann, Anne - 2009
This paper provides an empirical demonstration for a practical approach of efficiency evaluation against the background … power when high numbers of variables but only limited observations are available. We apply PCA-DEA for radial efficiency … variables without substantially reducing the discriminatory power of the model. -- Efficiency analysis ; DEA ; PCA ; company …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003915871
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The performance of German water utilities : a (semi)-parametric analysis
Zschille, Michael; Walter, Matthias - 2011
use Data Envelopment Analysis and Stochastic Frontier Analysis to determine the utilities' technical efficiency scores … efficiency scores even after accounting for significant structural variables like network density, share of groundwater usage and … water losses. -- Water Supply ; Technical Efficiency ; Data Envelopment Analysis ; Stochastic Frontier Analysis ; Structural …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009426694
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Incorporating Service Quality into Yardstick Regulation : An Application to the Peru Water Sector
Lin, Chen; Berg, Sanford V. - 2009
), the paper evaluates quality-incorporated firm performance and identifies changes in efficiency, technology (frontier), and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014211439
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Does Greater Autonomy Improve Performance? Evidence from Water Service Providers in Indian Cities
Gupta, Shreekant; Kumar, Surender; Sarangi, Gopal K. - 2012
We assess the efficiency of urban water supply in 27 Indian cities using data envelopment analysis (DEA). We also group …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014162592
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The performance of the urban water and wastewater sectors in Australia
Abbott, Malcolm; Cohen, Bruce; Wang, Wei Chun - In: Utilities Policy 20 (2012) 1, pp. 52-63
Envelopment Analysis (DEA) to determine the different levels of productivity and efficiency improvement over this period. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010576546
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The relative economic efficiency of urban water utilities in regional New South Wales and Victoria
Byrnes, Joel; Crase, Lin; Dollery, Brian; Villano, … - In: Resource and energy economics 32 (2010) 3, pp. 439-455
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