The purpose of this study is to measure technical efficiency and economies of scale and scope in the German insurance … efficiency frontier has been constructed which is used as a yardstick of productive efficiency. The sources of data are the …

The purpose of this study is to measure changes in efficiency and productivity over time in the German insurance … Data Envelopment Analysis an efficiency frontier has been constructed which is used as a yardstick of productive efficiency …. The efficiency and productivity change is measured by the Malmquist Productivity Index. As a result, the productivity has …

markets of the member states aiming at an increased efficiency of the European insurance markets. We analyze to which extent … changes in technical cost and profit efficiency levels since the liberalization, as well as a measurement of technological … change. Technical cost efficiency levels are estimated by applying a stochastic "true" fixed effects distance frontier …

This paper investigates the size-efficiency relation of European cooperative banks during the 2006-2015 period. We … cooperative banks from 12 European countries. This work extends the existing literature by focusing on shape of size-efficiency … European cooperative banks are significantly more cost efficient than their bigger peers and that the size-efficiency relation …

In this paper we review the main findings on competition and efficiency for the German banking sector. Our aim is to … by monopolistic competition and moderate cost efficiency. Competition and efficiency seem to be positively related … changes of the banking system, potentially with consequences for competition and efficiency. …

influence on productivity can be compensated by efficiency gains. The findings indicate an increase in real unit labor cost as a … observed for the majority of the theaters which implies that significant efficiency gains can be realized by the exploitation …

background, this paper analyzes the efficiency of German public theaters for the seasons 1991/1992 to 2005/2006. Using a … evaluate the impact of unobserved heterogeneity on the efficiency estimates. The results indicate that the cost …-minimizing assumption cannot be maintained. Consequently, an efficiency analysis based on a cost function approach seems inappropriate in …

influence on productivity can be compensated by efficiency gains. The findings indicate an increase in real unit labor cost as a … observed for the majority of the theaters which implies that significant efficiency gains can be realized by the exploitation …-disease ; efficiency ; stochastic frontier analysis …

This paper examines the influence of environmental factors on technical, cost, scale and revenue efficiency of German … differentiates between declining and growing regions. Regional and demographic factors explain part of the variation in efficiency … levels. Population density and branch penetration positively affect efficiency in growing regions. A negative impact of …