The aim of this paper is to assess the impact of information technology (IT) on the productivity and efficiency of …

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 …

For a balanced panel data regression model with random effects, we discuss the efficiency of the GLS estimator relative … to the OLS, the between, and the within estimators. Focus is on how the efficiency responds to changes in (a) the …

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 …

commercial banks as well as the impact of local GDP on the regional banking efficiency. The analysis is carried out in two steps …, (1) we use the Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) for efficiency analysis, and (2) we use panel regression models for … increasing regional banking efficiency. The above findings are important given the need to support the local economy with modern …

pending question whether efficiency in the provision of public goods and services is affected by strategic behavior. I examine … how electoral cycles influence local government efficiency by using OLS fixed effects, event study, and instrumental … variable estimations in a large balanced panel of around 2,000 municipalities in the German state of Bavaria. Cost efficiency …