Benchmarking by means of applying the DEA model is appearing as an interesting alternative for regulators under the new regimes for electricity distributors. A sample of large electricity distribution utilities from Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden and the Netherlands for the year 1997 is...

En el presente estudio se aplica un análisis de eficiencia con una metodología no paramétrica (DEA) sobre un conjunto de datos de panel conformado por 35 explotaciones lecheras ubicadas en la Cuenca de Abasto Sur de Buenos Aires, Argentina. El análisis se basó en modelos con rendimientos...

We survey the methodological advances in DEA over the last 25 years and discuss the necessary conditions for a sound empirical application. We hope this survey will contribute to the further dissemination of DEA, the knowledge of its relative strengths and weaknesses, and the tools currently...