Search Results - subject:"Distance function"

A universal solution for units-invariance in data envelopment analysis

Xu, Jin; Zervopoulos, Panagiotis; Qian, Zhenhua; Cheng, Gang - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012

The directional distance function model is a generalization of the radial model in data envelopment analysis (DEA). The … directional distance function model is appropriate for dealing with cases where undesirable outputs exist. However, it is not a … models. Based on normalized data, a units-invariant efficiency measure for the directional distance function model is defined. …

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A conditional directional distance function approach for measuring regional environmental efficiency: Evidence from the UK regions

Halkos, George; Tzeremes, Nickolaos - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012

This paper, by using conditional directional distance functions as introduced by Simar and Vanhems [J. Econometrics 166 (2012) 342-354] modifies the model by Färe and Grosskopf [Eur. J. Operat. Res. 157 (2004) 242-245], examines the link between regional environmental efficiency and economic...

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Estimating allocative efficiency in port authorities with demand uncertainty

Hidalgo, Soraya; Núñez-Sánchez, Ramón - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012

authorities during the period 1986-2007. From a distance function model we can obtain a measure of allocative efficiency using two …

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Dynamic Productivity Growth in the Spanish Meat Industry

Kapelko, Magdalena; Oude Lansink, Alfons G.J.M.; … - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2012

This paper develops a dynamic Luenberger productivity growth indicator and decomposes it to identify the contributions of technical change, technical efficiency change and scale change. The Luenberger productivity growth indicator is estimated using Data Envelopment Analysis. The empirical...

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Environmental policy design, innovation and efficiency gains in electricity generation

Johnstone, Nick; Managi, Shunsuke; Cárdenas … - In: Energy economics 63 (2017), pp. 106-115

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Estimating the potential for electricity savings in households

Boogen, Nina - In: Energy economics 63 (2017), pp. 288-300

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Empirical models of fisheries production : conflating technology with incentives?

Reimer, Matthew N.; Abbott, Joshua K.; Haynie, Alan C. - In: Marine resource economics 32 (2017) 2, pp. 169-190

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Balancing economic revenue and grazing pressure of livestock grazing on the Qinghai-Tibetan-Plateau

Huang, Wei; Bruemmer, Bernhard - In: The Australian journal of agricultural and resource … 61 (2017) 4, pp. 645-662

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Decent rural employment and farm production efficiency : empirical evidence from Tanzania and Ethiopia

Ayenew, Habtamu Yesigat; Estruch, Elisenda; Sauer, Johannes - In: Agricultural economics : the journal of the … 48 (2017) 5, pp. 587-596

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A directional distance based super-efficiency DEA model handling negative data

Lin, Ruiyue; Chen, Zhiping - In: Journal of the Operational Research Society : OR 68 (2017) 11, pp. 1312-1322

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