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Productivity Drivers in Japanese Seaports

Barros, Carlos Pestana; Managi, Shunsuke - ISEG - School of Economics and Management, Department … - 2008

several models of data envelopment analysis (DEA) that might be employed in order to establish which of them are most … efficient. In the second stage, the Simar and Wilson (2007) procedure is used to bootstrap the DEA scores with a truncated …

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Measuring Productive Efficiency in Input-Output Models by Means of Data Envelopment Analysis

Zofio, Jose L.; Prieto, Angel M. - In: International Review of Applied Economics 21 (2007) 4, pp. 519-537

envelopment analysis (DEA). This mathematical programming technique allows researchers to assess potential efficiency improvements … sectors across different local, regional or national economies, e.g. agriculture and manufacturing, DEA identifies as …

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Using a modified DEA model to estimate the importance of objectives. An application to agricultural economics.

André, Francisco J.; Herrero, Inés; Riesgo, Laura - Departamento de Economía, Universidad Pablo de Olavide - 2007

This paper shows a connection between Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) and the methodology proposed by Sumpsi et al … rise to a modified DEA model that allows to estimate not only efficiency measures but also preference weights by radially … DEA users, we provide a modified DEA procedure to calculate preference weights and efficiency measures which does not …

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Technical, allocative and cost efficiency in the Australian general insurance industry

Worthington, Andrew C.; Hurley, Emily V. - School of Economics and Finance, Business School - 2000

Data envelopment analysis is used to calculate technical, allocative and cost efficiency indices for a sample of fifty-three Australian general insurers. The inputs used are labour, physical capital (in the form of both information technology and plant and equipment) and financial capital. The...

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Benchmarking in Tourism Destination, Keeping in Mind the Sustainable Paradigm

Bosetti, Valentina; Cassinelli, Mariaester; Lanza, … - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2006

environmental management. The proposed efficiency assessment procedure is based on Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). DEA is a …

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FACTORS AFFECTING PRODUCTION EFFICIENCY IN A NEW ALTERNATIVE ENTERPRISE: THE CASE OF THE RATITE INDUSTRY

Gillespie, Jeffrey M.; Schupp, Alvin R.; Taylor, Gary - In: Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 29 (1997) 02

Technical efficiency measures are calculated for ratite producers using data envelopment analysis. Regression analysis is then used to determine producer characteristics that are likely to lead to higher technical efficiencies. Results indicate that the most technically efficient ratite...

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Buyback Programs: Goals, Objectives, and Industry Restructuring in Fisheries

Kirkley, James E.; Walden, John B.; Waters, James R. - In: Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 36 (2004) 02

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries has conducted several buyback programs to reduce harvesting capacity in fisheries. These programs have attempted to maximize capacity reduction given a fixed budget. However, restructuring issues have not been considered. We explore the...

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How can Farmer Managerial Capacity Contribute to Improved Farm Performance? A Study of Dairy Farms in Sweden

Johansson, Helena - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2007

This paper investigates how managerial capacity aspects influence efficiency of dairy farms in Sweden. Based on non-parametric methods, Tobit and logistic regressions, several managerial capacity aspects are found to influence long and short run input efficiency scores, but to influence output...

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Technical, Allocative, and Economic Efficiency in Swedish Dairy Farms: The Data Envelopment Analysis Versus the Stochastic Frontier Approach

Johansson, Helena - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2005

farms, using data envelopment analysis (DEA) and the stochastic frontier approach (SFA). By comparing the results it was … concluded that when the entire dairy farm is studied the DEA is more appropriate to use since it does not require any particular … parametric form to be chosen. The average DEA technical, allocative and economic efficiency indices were eventually found to be 0 …

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Análisis de la Eficiencia en el Sector de las Artes Escénicas: El Caso del ‘Circuït Teatral Valencià’ (1995-1999)

Marco-Serrano, Francisco - EconWPA - 2004

The performing arts sector is also capable of being studied from the point of view of economics. Having this into account we focus on its relation resources/products and on the concept of efficiency as one of the components of the productivity, analyzing the period 1995-1999 in order to...

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