expectation of achieving cost efficiency gains. This article examines whether theoretical expectations of cost efficiency gains … parameter frontier model, cost efficiency gains are found, particularly with a payment per patient case system. Payment systems …

refuses access to the data), I show its assumption of homogeneous technology cannot be maintained. Quantile regressions (QR … efficiency scores derived from stochastic frontier analysis. To correct for this heterogeneity in coefficients, I propose a …. This estimation has better goodness of fit, reduced variance of all coefficients, and higher efficiency scores for nearly …

. However, the standard cost frontier model yields biased efficiency scores because it ignores technological heterogeneity … between hospitals. In this paper, efficiency scores are derived from a random intercept and an extended random parameter … efficiency according to the standard model gain up to 12 percentage points, serving to highlight the importance of heterogeneity …

This paper investigates the link between competition and efficiency for the Hungarian corporate sector during various … estimated production functions indicate a gradual improvement in efficiency and a shift from decreasing to increasing returns to … efficiency of the firm. …

compared with the western region. Foreign direct investment (FDI) and information and communication technology (ICT) investment …

The efficiency of 119 electric cooperatives in the Philippines from 1990-2002 is analyzed using a stochastic frontier … model augmented with spatial-temporal terms, addressing the underestimation of technical efficiency usually encountered … included in the inefficiency equation provided that the spatial distance measure substantially captures the efficiency …

Technology-based ("FinTech") lenders increased their market share of U.S. mortgage lending from 2 percent to 8 percent … suggest that technological innovation has improved the efficiency of financial intermediation in the U.S. mortgage market. …

, have the potential to achieve growth through efficiency improvements and by adopting technology. Output growth in the … aggregate and sectoral gross domestic product is driven by input, without increasing efficiency in production or benefiting from … from shifts in technology. Countries experiencing input-driven growth in the secondary sector, such as Namibia and Eswatini …