developed in European railways systems are working from the efficiency perspective. The main contribution of the paper is the … use of a liberalization index that is related with efficiency indexes estimated by Programmatic Efficiency methodology …. Results using aggregated data show empirical evidence of a positive association between deregulation and efficiency. However …

association started with a voluntary benchmarking aimed to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of the sector. Secondly … efficiency of these two evolutions. In particular, we adapt Free Disposal Hull (FDH) to estimate robust and conditional non …-oriented efficiency estimates. Parametric COLS (Fourier) tests show the robustness of the model with respect to the specification and its …

the efficiency of local public production. To check the theoretical results empirically, a two-stage data envelopment … degree of municipal control. The results of the OLS- and Tobit regression indicate an efficiency-enhancing effect of …

association started with a voluntary benchmarking aimed to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of the sector. Secondly … efficiency of these two evolutions. In particular, we adapt Free Disposal Hull (FDH) to estimate robust and conditional non …-oriented efficiency estimates. Parametric COLS (Fourier) tests show the robustness of the model with respect to the specification and its …

This study explores the impact of different ownership types on the efficiency of the provision of water utilities … for Italy, by proposing a methodology that combines nonparametric efficiency estimation and cluster analysis. Our main … efficiency but, when size and geographical location enter the analysis, ownership has a stronger significant effect on efficiency …

the performance of operators through a study of their financial indicators and a non-parametric efficiency analysis. The … risk-free interest rate. The non-parametric efficiency analysis does not reveal significant economies of scope and … highlights a certain degree of variability of technical efficiency scores. This suggests that there is room for efficiency gains …

Nonparametric efficiency analysis has become a widely applied technique to support industrial benchmarking as well as a …

See also the article 'Mean and bold: on separating merger economies from structural efficiency gains in the drinking … benchmarking aimed to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of the sector. Secondly, merger activity arose. This paper develops … a tailored nonparametric model to dissect and distinguish the effects on efficiency of these two evolutions. In …