How could firms best reduce their environmental impact? Should they change technology? Or could they do better with what they already have? This paper shows that one size does not fit all. We employ a mixture model estimation to dissect environmental efficiency into a technology adoption...

The office of mayor of Chicago has been held by the same party since 1931, and often enough prior to that. The object of this paper is to present a method of quantifying the degree to which the office has been controlled by the same party, with a view towards ultimately developing a means of...

The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic placed health-care systems around the world under great stress. The sharp increase in demand for health care highlighted the importance of efficient health spending. The negative impact of the pandemic on global economic growth further strengthened the...

With the increasing autonomy, the competitive pressure on German universities is rising. More freedom comes along with a higher obligation to position oneself in the (German) tertiary education and research market. We investigate to what extent a (competitive) positioning of German universities...

This paper discusses the evolution of key taxes during the past 20 years in developing Asia and the fiscal challenges that the region's economies face in light of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. It presents estimates of tax capacity and tax potential, and discusses the productivity...

With a view to integration into the European Union, the efficiency and competitiveness of the Kosovo’ different sectors (including agriculture) must be improved. This paper assesses the technical efficiency (TE) of horticultural farms through Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) applying output...