This study investigates the evolution of banking efficiency of post-communist new EU member countries over a time span … whether significant efficiency improvements were achieved in their banking systems. Adopting the approach by Sickles (2005 …), we employ a wide range of non-parametric, semi-parametric and parametric tools to evaluate output efficiency of …

This paper provides empirical evidence on the relation between the identity of ultimate owners and technical (in)efficiency … the 1978–93 period. Privately-owned independent firms are used as reference group and their efficiency is assessed against …

trade sectors. China's international trade performance is analyzed extensively and its effects on efficiency in production …

This study presents an empirical analysis of the cost efficiency of a sample of Swiss multi-utilities operating in the … distribution of electricity, natural gas and water. The multi-utilities that operate in different sectors are characterized by a … models in the measurement of the level of efficiency for multi-utility companies. These models are estimated for a sample of …

efficiency. We predict that hospital efficiency will increase because the benefit from cost-reducing efforts in terms of number … from the period 1992-2000. Efficiency indicators are estimated by means of data envelopment analysis (DEA) with multiple … inputs and outputs. Using a variety of econometric methods, we find that the introduction of ABF has improved efficiency when …