A panel data of 27 provinces in China is used to analyze the productivity growth in China's agricultural sector over the period 1984-1999. We first compute the output-orientated Malmquist productivity indexes and its decompositions using non-parametric DEA (Data Envelopment Analysis) approach....

This paper presents a slacks-based measure network data envelopment analysis (SBM-NDEA) model of performance measurement under series productions with quasi-fixed inputs of runway, terminal and apron areas as well as free linking capacity provisions. Airport operations efficiency is decomposed...

This paper presents an approach to include both the unstorable feature of transportation service and the technological differences within railway companies in efficiency and effectiveness measurements. We explore efficiency and effectiveness for a group of 40 global railways in the year 2002,...

This article proposes an extended three-stage DEA methodology similar to Fried et al. (2002) to improve the measurement of productivity growth then the assumption of free disposability of undesirable outpu t does not apply. A directional distance function is used to construct adjusted...

The purpose of this paper is to apply a hyperbolic graph efficiency approach to measure "return to the dollar" at the station-level of the Taiwan Motor Transport Company before and after privatization. The "return to the dollar" measure is decomposed into two components: a technical efficiency...

This study seeks to explain the productivity growth of Taiwan's airport sector using a panel data set of 4 airports covering the period from 1995 to 1999. The Malmquist-Luenberger productivity index is modified to accommodate the presence of aircraft noise with the use of the directional output...

The aim of this paper is to propose a mixed structure network data envelopment analysis (MSNDEA) model which allows a representation of a parallel production serial connection of consumption processes in a unified framework and hence can be used to simultaneously estimate the production...

A change in profit can originate from the output side and the input side. In the spirit of work by Tone [1] and follows Grifell-Tatjé and Lovell's [2], we propose a non-oriented slacks-based measure (SBM) model to decompose the change in the operating profit into various meaningful components:...

This paper provides a multi-activity network data envelopment analysis model that represents both production and consumption technologies in a unified framework. The model is applied to simultaneously estimate passenger and freight technical efficiency, service effectiveness, and technical...

A panel dataset of 29 provinces in China is used to analyze the productivity growth in China's agricultural sector over the period 1990-2003. We compute the output-oriented Malmquist productivity indexes and their decomposition using a sequential data envelopment analysis approach. The results...