, this discretion makes the court more efficient. Efficiency comes at a political cost, though. This discretion also gives … investigates whether the ensuing efficiency gain comes at the cost of biasing the court's jurisprudence. The paper exploits a new … degree has the court taken an individual case seriously? It then investigates whether observed indicators for bias explain …

Administrative patent revocation in the U.S. is poised to enter a new period of efficiency, though ironically it will … be an efficiency that the America Invents Act originally put in place. The Court’s recent approval of the … choice — either fully accepting a PTAB petition or fully denying it — is already being criticized for sacrificing efficiency …

onerous and even outrageous requirements on tribal governments that violate well-recognized principles of efficiency …

The need to balance austerity with growth policies has put government efficiency high on the economic policy agenda in … Europe. Administrative reforms which boost the efficiency of the administration can alleviate the trade-off between … consolidation and public service provision. Against such backdrop, this study explores the determinants of efficiency enhancing …

This paper fulfills a gap in the existing literature by analyzing the impact of government efficiency and corruption on … these groups. Obtained findings provide strong evidence that government efficiency has a significant effect on financial …

, methodological and practical challenges to measure the efficiency performances of public intuitions are visited. Subsequently … incentive schemes and efficiency. …

This paper investigated the structure of the market, efficiency and performance (profitability) of the general … Herfindahl Hirschman Index and the concentration ratio to measure the SCP in addition to computing efficiency as a measure for …

This paper analyzes the relationship between intermunicipal cooperation and efficiency of public service provision. The …. We employ a two-stage DEA (DEA = Data Envelopment Analysis) bootstrap approach to calculate relative efficiency measures … municipalities score lower in terms of technical efficiency than self-providing and contracting municipalities. The scope for …