presents an economic performance index called the Efficiency Effort Index (EE-Index) that measures such efforts of economic … activities directed at efficiency improvement. This nonparametric, dimensionless index is computed based on a combination of … of efficiency scores, which are first discretized and then subjected to first-order MC treatment. The EE-Index was …

corrected efficiency score correlates well with standard Growth Theory indicators. …, 2008). We propose a theory-based metric using Data Envelopment Analysis which corrects for sample bias and considers …

The empirical measurement of productivity change (or difference) by means of indices and indicators starts with the ex … to indices. The main task for the productivity analyst is to decompose profit or profitability change into price and … quantity components, leading to measures of total factor productivity change and total price recovery. The survey discusses …

productivity and efficiency indices using a Malmquist productivity index (MPI) for four significant expenditures for the 2004 … decentralization and the first-stage productivity scores is analyzed using a Tobit model. This study provides extensive and … the significant elements in measuring government expenditure efficiency. From the estimation results, the degree of fiscal …

In this paper, we measure and analyse profit efficiency and productivity of Vietnamese banks using a newly developed …, and to some degree technical efficiency change, whereas scale efficiency change contributes adversely to productivity … no significant influences. -- efficiency ; productivity ; directional distance ; banking industry …

the Governance, Regulation, and Finance Division, World Bank Institute - is part of a larger effort in the Bank to develop …