Using a stochastic frontier model and a comprehensive dataset, we study factors that affect corporate efficiency in … efficiency, and (iii) high competition is less conductive to efficiency than moderate or low competition. In terms of ownership …, we find that (iv) efficiency increases when a majority owner must deal with minority shareholders and that (v) domestic …

positions in global value chains. In this paper we analyse the relative contribution of R&D to the efficiency (productivity) on … the industry and sector level in OECD countries using industry-level panel data and the stochastic frontier production …; physical capital shows the opposite effect. The distribution of efficiency across industries shows remarkably different …

panel are employed to obtain measures of efficiency for those journals belonging simultaneously to the areas of “economics …” and “social science, mathematical methods” in the Web of Science database. This efficiency is measured in terms of the …

2007-2008 global financial crisis, can draw from Islamic banking principles. …

variable estimations in a large balanced panel of around 2,000 municipalities in the German state of Bavaria. Cost efficiency … pending question whether efficiency in the provision of public goods and services is affected by strategic behavior. I examine … how electoral cycles influence local government efficiency by using OLS fixed effects, event study, and instrumental …