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Determinants of Cost Efficiency and Productivity Growth of the Indonesian Insurance Industry

Viverita; Wulandari, Shinta; Cabanda, Emilyn - In: International Journal of Knowledge-Based Organizations … 6 (2016) 2, pp. 70-82

This paper provides new empirical evidences on determinants of cost efficiency and productivity performance of life and property-casualty insurance firms in Indonesia. Data envelopment analysis (DEA) method is used to investigate the cost efficiency and Total Factor Productivity (TFP) among a...

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Cost efficiency, Morishima, Allen-Uzawa and Cross-Price elasticities among Irish potato farmers in Dedza district, Malawi

Assa, Maganga M.; Edriss, Abdi-Khalil; Matchaya, … - In: International Journal of Economic Sciences and Applied … 6 (2013) 1, pp. 59-73

Malawi has experienced a forward shift in its demand for Irish potato (Solanum tuberosum) consumption. Given limited resources at farmers' disposal, meeting the growing demand will require farmers to follow the efficient path of the farm production resources. This paper, therefore, is an attempt...

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Rationalizing National Government Subsidies for State Universities and Colleges

Manasan, Rosario G. - 2012

This study aims to review and assess (i) the sources and uses of funds of state universities and colleges (SUCs); (ii) the impact of the application normative funding formula (NFF) for SUCs; and (iii) the utilization of the Higher Education Development Fund (HEDF) with the end in view of...

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Persistent inefficiency in the higher education sector: Evidence from Germany

Gralka, Sabine - 2016

Evaluations of the Higher Education Sector are receiving increased attention, due to the rising expenditures and the absence of efficiency enhancing market pressure. To what extent universities are able to eliminate inefficiency is a question that has only partially been answered. This paper...

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Allocation models for DMUs with negative data

Tohidi, Ghasem; Khodadadi, Maryam - In: Journal of Industrial Engineering International 9 (2013), pp. 1-6

The formulas of cost and allocative efficiencies of decision making units (DMUs) with positive data cannot be used for DMUs with negative data. On the other hand, these formulas are needed to analyze the productivity and performance of DMUs with negative data. To this end, this study introduces...

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Efficiency of Mergers of Mechanical Engineering Companies in the Czech Republic

Režňáková, Mária; Pěta, Jan - In: Review of Economic Perspectives 16 (2016) 4, pp. 361-374

This paper presents the research results in the field of the efficiency of mergers and acquisitions in the mechanical engineering industry of the Czech Republic. The aim of this paper is to determine whether mergers taking place in mechanical engineering are successful, or possibly to identify...

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Economies of Scale and Efficiency Measurement in Switzerland's Nursing Homes

Farsi, Mehdi; Filippini, Massimo; Lunati, Diego - In: Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics 144 (2008) 3, pp. 359-378

This paper examines the cost efficiency in the nursing home industry, an issue of concern to Swiss policy makers because of the explosive growth of national expenditure on elderly care and the aging of the population. A stochastic cost frontier model has been applied to a panel of 1780...

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Efficiency and stability: A comparative study between islamic and conventional banks in GCC countries

Dulal Miah, Md.; Uddin, Helal - In: Future Business Journal 3 (2017) 2, pp. 172-185

This research aims at examining the differences between Islamic and conventional banks in terms of business orientation …, stability, and efficiency. Data for this research are collected from 48 conventional banks and 28 Islamic banks of the Gulf … Frontier Analysis (SFA), and ordinary least square (OLS) regression technique. Results show that conventional banks are more …

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Does Bancassurance Increase the Efficiency of the Financial Industry? A Case for Korea

Lee, Soon-Jae; Jung, Sechang; Lee, Bong-Joo - In: Asia-Pacific Journal of Risk and Insurance 1 (2006) 2

, but lose revenue efficiency. Large insurers can realize cost efficiency, but lose revenue and profit efficiency. Banks can … realize revenue and profit efficiency, but lose cost efficiency. For banks, large insurers are the best bancassurance partners …

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The determinants of non-bank financial institution efficiency: A stochastic cost frontier approach

Worthington, Andrew C. - 1998

A two-stage estimation procedure is employed to evaluate non-bank financial institution efficiency. In the first stage, maximum-likelihood estimates of an econometric cost function are obtained for a cross-section of one hundred and fifty Australian credit unions. The results indicate that a...

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