Using a stochastic frontier model and a comprehensive dataset, we study factors that affect corporate efficiency in … efficiency, and (iii) high competition is less conductive to efficiency than moderate or low competition. In terms of ownership …, we find that (iv) efficiency increases when a majority owner must deal with minority shareholders and that (v) domestic …

We develop a novel unified econometric methodology for the formal examination of the market power -- cost efficiency … nexus. Our approach can meaningfully accommodate a mutually dependent relationship between the firm's cost efficiency and …'s market power and efficiency as well as allows for different hierarchical orderings between the two, enabling us to …

under which globalization factors foster technology efficiency. In this paper, we extend the MSS model by combining panel … technical efficiency has monotonically decreased for low income countries, supporting the so-called club convergence hypothesis … improve production technology and efficiency position relative to the frontier only after the country has reached a certain …

not only of the technology but also of firm-level heterogeneity in technical and allocative efficiency levels. The …

Typically, the error term in stochastic frontier models is assumed to be positively skewed; however, efficiency scores … inefficiency in the market. The paper discusses estimation of a stochastic frontier panel model with unobserved fixed effects. On … accurate enough for maximum likelihood estimation. Simulations assess finite sample performances of estimators and show that …

We examine the efficiency gains in health systems generated after the national roll out of basic healthcare in El …-specialized health workers improves efficiency, maintaining quality of care. …

We study the efficiency in health systems generated by community health teams, a common strategy in low- and middle … Salvador. Using a panel dataset of municipalities spanning 2009-2018 from consultation and hospital records of almost 4 million …

urban-rural gap in public infrastructure. Leftwing governments relocate hospital beds from rural regions. We propose that … leftwing governments do so to gratify their more urban constituencies. In turn, spatial inequalities in hospital infrastructure …

urban-rural gap in public infrastructure. Leftwing governments relocate hospital beds from rural regions. We propose that … leftwing governments do so to gratify their more urban constituencies. In turn, spatial inequalities in hospital infrastructure …

efficiency of dementia care and management for dementia patients. Health policy and practices should consider geographic …