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Cost efficiency of European cooperative banks
Kuc, Matej - 2018
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011901962
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How to measure research efficiency in higher education? : research grants vs. publication output
Gralka, Sabine; Wohlrabe, Klaus; Bornmann, Lutz - 2018
An ongoing debate in the literature on efficiency of higher education institutions concerns the indicator for research …. We show that there is a high correlation of efficiency values between the estimations using these indicators; however …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011853185
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Creativity, education or what? : on the measurement of regional human capital
Bode, Eckhardt; Pérez-Villar, Lucia - 2014
creative occupations rather than education. Consistent with Florida’s notion of creativity, it suggests a microfoundation that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010406921
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Public Education Cost Frontier Models : Theory and an Application
Anderson, John E.; Kabir, Mahbubul M. - 2001
We examine the cost structure of public schools in this paper, using frontier cost models that enable us to estimate sources of inefficiency. A two equation stochastic frontier model is presented that can be used to explain both cost and the sources of inefficiency. Using that model and data for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014139747
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The importance of school systems : evidence from international differences in student achievement
Woessmann, Ludger - 2016
uses the framework of an education production function to provide descriptive analysis of the extent to which different …, private competition, and tracking have been found to be important sources of international differences in student achievement. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011489307
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The importance of school systems : evidence from international differences in student achievement
Woessmann, Ludger - 2016
uses the framework of an education production function to provide descriptive analysis of the extent to which different …, private competition, and tracking have been found to be important sources of international differences in student achievement. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011493943
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Misallocation in Firm Production : A Nonparametric Analysis Using Procurement Lotteries
Carrillo, Paul E.; Donaldson, Dave; Pomeranz, Dina; … - 2023
How costly is the misallocation of production that we might expect to result from distortions such as market power … Ecuador. Using administrative tax data about these firms, we reject the null of efficiency but estimate that the welfare …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014347985
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Misallocation in firm production : a nonparametric analysis using procurement lotteries
Carrillo, Paul E.; Donaldson, Dave; Pomeranz, Dina; … - 2023
How costly is the misallocation of production that we might expect to result from distortions such as market power … Ecuador. Using administrative tax data about these firms, we reject the null of efficiency but estimate that the welfare …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014292143
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Efficiency of Universities and Research-Focused Institutions Worldwide : An Empirical DEA Investigation Based on Institutional Publication Numbers and Estimated Academic Staff Numb...
Bornmann, Lutz - 2020
the efficiency of institutions worldwide, the problem concerning the availability of internationally standardized data …. We calculate efficiency scores for more than 4,800 universities and other research-focused institutions worldwide … America or Europe. The results of the study show that institutions in the Pacific region have the highest average efficiency …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012839362
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Auswirkungen der Bevölkerungsentwicklung auf das wirtschaftliche Niveau der Regionen in Deutschland
Eckey, Hans-Friedrich; Kosfeld, Reinhold; Muraro, Nina - 2009
Gegenstand des Artikels ist die Schätzung einer Translog-Produktionsfunktion, die die Auswirkungen der Bevölkerungsentwicklung auf die Produktion heute und im Jahr 2020 betrachtet. Die Ergebnisse deuten auf eine Entwicklung hin, die zu steigenden Disparitäten führt. Schon heute ist ein...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003849368