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An Exploratory Evaluation of State Road Provision to Commuters and Shippers using Data Envelopment Analysis and Tobit Regression
Min, Hokey; Lambert, Thomas - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
Abstract Due to mounting fiscal pressures over the last few years, the federal government as well as many state and municipal governments in the United States (U.S.) have had to re-examine their transportation policies and programs. Tax increases and/or spending cuts which aim to trim budget...
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ASSESSING THE RETURNS TO SCALE: EVIDENCE FROM FISH FARMERS IN ILORIN, KWARA STATE
JATTO N.A. - In: Russian Journal of Agricultural and Socio-Economic Sciences 13 (2013) 3, pp. 56-59
This study assesses the returns to scale as evidenced from fish farmers in Ilorin, Kwara. A random sampling technique was adopted in selecting 120 fish farmers from fish farmers association of Nigeria Ilorin branch list. The data for the study were collected with the use of well structured...
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The Impact of Public Capital on the Efficiency of Private Manufacturing Industry at the Regional Level
KARADAG, Metin - In: Ege Academic Review 10 (2010) 4, pp. 1167-1174
The public capital installed in a region has an important role in the development of that region, because the studies in this area show us that public capital has an important role on the private sector performance. It is expected that public capital enhances private sector efficiency, and thus...
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Evaluating Performance of Universities Using Data Envelopment Analysis
Abankina, Irina; Aleskerov, Fuad; Belousova, Veronika; … - In: Educational Studies (2013) 2, pp. 15-48
University - Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russian Federation. Email: goroddt@yandex.ru This paper has systematized DEA …-based university efficiency evaluation experience in a number of countries. The authors investigate into DEA (Data Envelopment Analysis … analyzed specific features of applying DEA models to evaluate efficiency of Russian HEIs, depending on the type of university …
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Benchmarking economy-wide energy efficiency trends and policies in Europe: Is there a convergence in emission performance towards the EU average?
ÖZKAN-GÜNAY, Emine Nur; İNCEÖZ, Duygu - In: Iktisat Isletme ve Finans 27 (2012) 317, pp. 29-59
Energy efficiency has become one of the “twin pillars” of sustainable energy policy along with renewable energy. Imported energy dependency rate in the EU (54%) and Turkey (75%) calls for a great need of an effective energy efficiency strategy. This study analyzes the cross-country energy...
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ABOUT THE INFLUENCE OF HIGH GAS PRICE ON AN EFFICIENCY
Goncharuk, Anatoliy G. - In: Journal of Applied Management and Investments 2 (2013) 1, pp. 58-67
The paper presents the results of study of the efficiency of Ukrainian gas distribution system after increasing the prices on imported natural gas. Author detects decreasing returns to scale, relatively high productivity and increased profitability in the sector of gas supply.
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Turk Bankacilik Sektorunde Faaliyet Gosteren Bankalarin Etkinliklerinin Veri Zarflama Analizi Ile Olculmesi: 2004-2009 Yillari Uygulamasi
Kucukaksoy, Ismail; Onal, Selcen - In: Istanbul University Econometrics and Statistics e-Journal 18 (2013) 1, pp. 56-80
The objective of this study is to determine the impact of manufacturing performance, which is created by the manufacturing strategy in textile and automotive supply industries, on business performance. The research was applied to small and medium-sized enterprises operating in textile and...
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Frontera tecnológica y eficiencia técnica sectorial en México: un análisis envolvente de datos
Becerril-Torres, Osvaldo U.; Álvarez Ayuso, Inmaculada C. - In: Revista de Ciencias Económicas 30 (2011) 01
Esta investigación tiene como objetivo determinar la frontera tecnológica y la eficiencia técnica sectorial de México. La metodología empleada es el Data Envelopment Analysis. Los resultados muestran, en primer lugar, que los sectores relacionados con la agricultura, minería, manufacturas,...
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Estimating Returns to Scale in Imprecise Data Envelopment Analysis
Hatami-Marbini, Adel; Beigi, Zahra Ghelej; Hougaard, … - Centre of Management Science and Production Economics, … - 2014
(DEA). The conventional DEA models that are used for RTS classification require well-defined and accurate data whereas in … Making Units (DMUs) in Imprecise DEA (IDEA) where the input and output data lie within bounded intervals. In the presence of … region of an observation while preserving its current RTS classification using the optimal values of a set of proposed DEA …
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Economic Reforms, Capacity Utilization and Productivity Growth in Indian Manufacturing
Deb, Arnab K. - In: Global Business Review 15 (2014) 4, pp. 719-746
In this study, we attempt to identify the channels through which economic reforms enhanced the productivity growth in total manufacturing sector in India. Because one possible channel is better utilization of plant capacity, we estimate the capacity utilization rate in Indian manufacturing....
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