This paper proposes the new hypothesis that the loss of innovative efficiency is greater than the loss of productive … efficiency in Chinese state-owned enterprises (SOEs). SOE reform in China has been able to achieve substantial improvements in … SOE productive efficiency by using supervision and incentive mechanisms to establish adequate symmetry between residual …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Our research tests the difference in investment efficiency between state-owned enterprises (SOEs) and private firms and … then evaluates the effect of privatisation and equitisation policies on the investment efficiency of former state owned …

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 …