regression is fitted to identify which elements suggested in the literature are the most influential on the technical efficiency … levels of expenditure and basic health achievements; (b) that spatial patterns of efficiency are correlated to economic … performance, but also to locally specific relevant differences; (c) and that positive determinants of efficiency are given by …

This study examines the spatial productivity and efficiency spillovers of Chinese provinces using a spatial Durbin … production frontier model that accounts for persistent and transient efficiency using a panel dataset of Chinese provinces from … efficiency of the respective provinces. The estimated results show that spatial productivity and efficiency spillovers are …