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Incentives in regulatory DEA models with discretionary outputs : the case of Danish water regulation

Heesche, Emil; Bogetoft Pedersen, Peter - In: Decision analytics journal 3 (2022), pp. 1-12

Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) based cost norms are widely used to regulate natural monopolies like water, electricity, and gas networks. In the typical application, demand is considered fixed and non-controllable (non-discretionary), and the challenge is to incentivize the monopoly to provide...

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Stochastic Data Envelopment Analysis applied to the 2015 Brazilian energy distribution benchmarking model

Costa, Marcelo Azevedo; Salvador, Cláudio Vítor Maquiné - In: Decision analytics journal 3 (2022), pp. 1-12

to cross the efficiency frontier. Similarly, stochastic frontier models also allow companies to cross the efficiency …

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Robust stochastic frontier analysis applied to the Brazilian electricity distribution benchmarking method

Campos, Magno Silvério; Costa, Marcelo Azevedo; … - In: Decision analytics journal 3 (2022), pp. 1-16

improvements. This study evaluates the use of Stochastic Frontier Analysis (SFA) as an alternative method. Pros and cons are …

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Average density estimators : efficiency and bootstrap consistency

Cattaneo, Matias D.; Jansson, Michael - In: Econometric theory 38 (2022) 6, pp. 1140-1174

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Estimating monotone concave stochastic production frontiers

Tsionas, Efthymios G. - In: Journal of business & economic statistics : JBES ; a … 40 (2022) 3, pp. 1403-1414

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Impact of firm characteristics and ownership structure on firm efficiency : evidence from non-financial firms of Pakistan

Habib, Shafaat Muhammad; Hussain, Haroon; Al-Faryan, … - In: Cogent economics & finance 10 (2022) 1, pp. 1-21

This study aims to examine the impact of firm characteristics and ownership structure on the firm efficiency of listed non-financial firms in Pakistan from 2012 to 2017. Firm characteristics include market capitalization, cash holdings, book-to-market ratio and negative book-to-market ratio and...

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Artificial intelligence focus and firm performance

Mishra, Sagarika; Ewing, Michael; Cooper, Holly B. - In: Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science 50 (2022) 6, pp. 1176-1197

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Firm innovation and local bank efficiency in Italy : does the type of bank matter?

Barra, Cristian; Ruggiero, Nazzareno - In: Annals of public and cooperative economics 93 (2022) 4, pp. 1083-1128

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Cereal production practices and technical efficiency among farm households in major "teff" growing mixed farming areas of Ethiopia : a stochastic meta-frontier approach

Birhanu, Fisseha Zegeye; Abrham Seyoum Tsehay; Bimerew, … - In: Cogent economics & finance 10 (2022) 1, pp. 1-33

This study examined the effects of research-based recommended cereal production practices on the technical efficiency of farm households based on household-level data generated from questionnaire surveys, focus group discussions, and key informant interviews. The technical efficiency scores were...

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Technical efficiency impact of microfinance on small scale resettled sugar cane farmers in Zimbabwe

Matsvai, Simion; Mushunje, Abbissynia; Tatsvarei, Simbarashe - In: Cogent economics & finance 10 (2022) 1, pp. 1-23

Logarithmic (Translog) Stochastic Frontier Analysis. Data from a household level survey of 2018 was collected using questionnaires …

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