The returns to scale for nineteen South Asian countries are estimated using window and cumulative rolling stochastic frontier regression analysis. The stochastic frontier analysis accounts for technical inefficiency of Hicks non-neutral technology production function in the estimation of the...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the importance of financial liquidity and solvency on US commercial and domestic banks’ cost efficiency while accounting for internal and external factors. Design/methodology/approach: The Stochastic Frontier Analysis and Data Envelopment...

The purpose of the paper is to understand the soci-economic factors affecting the distribution of community reinvestment act loans across four income groups using county level information from 1996-2004 for the delta region. The specific objectives of the paper1) Estimate an seemingly unrelated...

This study was conducted to analyze the direct and indirect effects of ethanol policy on livestock production. Results of the theoretical model indicate the possibility of ethanol policy indirectly affecting livestock production. Econometric results show a possibility of ethanol policy...

Replaced with revised version of paper 06/08/2010.

The returns to scale for nineteen South Asian countries are estimatedusing window and cumulative rolling stochastic frontier regression analysis.The stochastic frontier analysis accounts for technical inefficiency of Hicksnon-neutral technology production function in the estimation of the...

A sustainable energy system is key for addressing the world's environmental and social challenges. The U.S is the second largest consumer of energy, with increased energy consumption in the previous half-century. To curb energy demand, it is essential to understand the relative price...

This paper improves on the issues of extreme data points and heterogeneity found in the linear programming data envelopment analysis (DEA) by presenting a cluster-adjusted DEA model (DEA with cluster approach). This analysis, based on efficiency, determines the number of clusters via Gap...