Permutation techniques, where one recompute the test statistic over permutations of data, have a long history in statistics and have become increasingly useful as the availability of computational power has increased. Until now, no permutation tests for examining returns to scale assumptions,...

Productivity of bean has boosted up in recent decades all over the world. Nevertheless, variation of productivity among farmers caused by input use differences and management practices adoption is found especially in developing countries. This study investigates production risk and technical...

Advocates for education reforms frequently call for policies to increase school efficiency performance. The Greek educational system has undergone several reforms while the recent financial crisis alters significantly. Using a unique dataset this study attempts to shed light on 643 Greek...

Farmers in developing countries like Bangladesh face different kinds of rice production risk, which influences yield variability. This study investigates the technical efficiency and production risk of Boro and Aman rice production season in Bangladesh by using stochastic production frontier...

This article provides a first step towards understanding the combined impact of energy, renewable and CO2 efficiency on countries’ overall productive performance. To this aim we employ a global-level data-set of 124 countries for the period 1990-2014. Overall, our analysis supports the idea...

This study aimed to estimate the Technical Efficiency (TE) of youth crop farmers in Njombe Region of Tanzania, and analyze the determinants of technical inefficiency for crops produced. Data were collected from 572 youths in 16 villages of Njombe Region by using a random sampling technique. The...