Ferrier, Gary; Trivitt, Julie - In: Journal of Productivity Analysis 40 (2013) 3, pp. 337-355
This paper uses “double DEA” to assess how accounting for quality influences DEA technical efficiency scores of a … measures of quality. In the second use of DEA, technical efficiency is assessed while controlling for quality. A variety of DEA … findings regarding technical efficiency. Controlling for efficiency does matter, with outcome measures having an apparently …