countries and calculate input efficiency scores for each country. We estimate a wide range of specifications in order to analyse … different aspects of efficiency. In purely quantitative models (where inputs and outputs are expenditure and number of students …

workout efficiency and productivity of the ICT sector across 50 countries for the time period 2016 and 2020. By considering … services trade restrictiveness) on productivity and efficiency of the ICT sector across countries. The SFA scores are compared … with the DEA efficiency scores and Malmquist Index based on four DEA problems are used to work out the total factor …

This paper assesses the relative efficiency of knowledge production in the OECD using a nonparametric DEA approach …. This paper presents efficiency scores based on an intertemporal frontier estimation for the period 1995 to 2004 and … efficiency by attenuating the incentive to innovate and to allocate resources efficiently. -- R&D efficiency ; data envelopment …

This paper attempts to identify the effect of fiscal decentralization on public sector efficiency (PSE). We employ data … specifications, we contend that PSE is increasing with fiscal decentralization. -- public sector efficiency ; fiscal decentralization …