We work out the efficiency index of the Delhi Airport using monthly data(March 2000 through July 2004) of international and total traffic of aircraft's, passengers & cargo movements . The study compares the Delhi Airport technical efficiency index with the efficiency indexes of some selected...

This paper is the first attempt to estimate commercial banks’ efficiency in the Visegrad region before joining the EU and also to consider differences in efficiency across the countries. Employing Data Envelopment Analysis, we analyze which of the banking sectors is the most efficient and...

Wilderness protection is a growing necessity for modern societies, and this is particularly true for areas where population density is extremely high, as for example Europe. Conservation, however, implies very high opportunity costs. It is thus crucial to create incentives to efficient...

A technique used to assess relative performance in a multiple input–output framework is data envelopment analysis (DEA). In basic DEA models, an entity may show its best performance by selecting input and output factor weights different from those selected by the other entities in the sample....

Using data envelopment analysis and the Malmquist productivity index, this paper studies productivity efficiency of various airlines in China after the Chinese government deregulated the aviation industry in 2005. The results show that the productivity efficiency of non-state-owned airlines...

We propose new diversification-consistent DEA models suitable for assessing efficiency of investment opportunities available on financial markets. The formulations based on directional distance measures enable to use several risk measures as inputs and return measures as outputs, which can take...

This paper describes a methodology that aims to enhance statistical inference in data envelopment analysis (DEA). In order to incorporate statistical properties in a DEA analysis we propose a combined application of a chance constrained DEA (CCDEA) model that is integrated with a stochastic...

This paper uses Monte Carlo Data Envelopment Analysis (Monte Carlo DEA) to evaluate the relative technical efficiency of small health care areas in probabilistic terms with respect to both mental health care as well as the efficiency of the whole system. Taking into account that the number of...

This paper presents a generalized framework to construct composite indicator, which can be used in static and dynamic analysis. By grouping DMUs (decision making units) first, the proposed approach is more flexible to derive weights for entities featuring diverse characteristics. A more neutral...

This paper assesses energy efficiency in Swedish industry. Using unique firm-level panel data covering the years 2001-2008, the efficiency estimates are obtained for firms in 14 industrial sectors by using data envelopment analysis (DEA). The analysis accounts for multi-output technologies where...