the period 1965-90, breaking down the productivity gains into technicalchange and gains in efficiency. For this purpose we … las ganancias de productividad en cambio técnico y ganancias de eficiencia. Para ello se estima tanto una función de …

This article analyzes the efficiency of Comunitat Valenciana (Spain) local governments and their main explanatory … variables. The analysis is performed in two stages. Firstly, efficiency is measured via (nonparametric) activity analysis … primarily overall cost, technical, or allocative. The second stage identifies some critical determinants of efficiency, focusing …

Over the last few years, many studies have analyzed the productive efficiency of local governments in different … analysis in which the efficiency of municipalities is evaluated after splitting them into clusters according to various … results show that both output mix and, more especially, environmental conditions, should be controlled for, since efficiency …

Se desarrolla un conjunto de medidas de eficiencia, aplicando el método de análisis de fronteras, para comparar el …

En este trabajo se busca la confección de una metodología que permita medir la evolución en el tiempo de la eficiencia …

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 …

Private and collective enterprises are expected to increase overall efficiency in transitional China, partly because … they are more efficient than state owned enterprises. More importantly, this paper argues, they induce efficiency gains in …

This paper analyzes the relationship between intermunicipal cooperation and efficiency of public service provision. The …. We employ a two-stage DEA (DEA = Data Envelopment Analysis) bootstrap approach to calculate relative efficiency measures … municipalities score lower in terms of technical efficiency than self-providing and contracting municipalities. The scope for …

This paper investigates the link between competition and efficiency for the Hungarian corporate sector during various … estimated production functions indicate a gradual improvement in efficiency and a shift from decreasing to increasing returns to … efficiency of the firm. …