Purpose – This paper aims to develop and utilize a conceptual framework to examine the impact of liquidity and solvency on cost efficiency for a sample of Kansas farms. Design/methodology/approach – A standard cost-efficiency model is modified to incorporate liquidity and solvency ratios....

Purpose In this study, the authors use data envelopment analysis to assess the technical efficiency and performance of real estate investment trusts (REITs) in Singapore, for the years 2009 through 2013. Design/methodology/approach The authors apply the Malmquist Productivity Index to express...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between total quality management (TQM) practices and banks’ technical efficiency. Design/methodology/approach – A survey questionnaire was constructed to measure TQM practices and quantitative data were collected to...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to assess whether the relative efficiency of South African municipalities in primary health care and hospital care is different and whether South African municipalities can learn from each other to improve on their efficiency. Design/methodology/approach The...

Abstract Objectives We introduce a simple and unified methodology to estimate the bias of Pearson correlation coefficients, partial correlation coefficients, and semi-partial correlation coefficients. Methods Our methodology features non-parametric bootstrapping and can accommodate small sample...

Summary The paper examines the relationship between central bank interventions in the dollar-deutschmark market and the profitability of technical trading for the period 1979-1992. While previous work on this topic focused on the interventions of the Fed, we include data on Bundesbank...