This study applies the Dynamic Slacks Based Model (DSBM) developed by Tone and Tsutsui (2010) in order to assess the evolution of input saving/output increasing potentials in major Brazilian Banks from 1996 to 2011. We propose that these potentials or slacks can be used as proxies for an...

This paper analyses technical efficiency in French airports from 2005 to 2008 with the inverse B-convex model. This methodology is adopted permitting to relax the traditional convexity hypothesis common in DEA (data envelopment analysis) literature. The policy implications of the study is that...

This article analyses the efficiency of French nuclear energy plants belonging to EDF-electricity of France from 2004 to 2008 with a DEA-Data Envelopment Analysis model. The <inline-graphic xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" id="ILG0001" xlink:href="raec_a_892199_ilg0001.gif"/>-convexity model is used to investigate the technical efficiency of a representative sample of nuclear plants. The results...

This paper analyses the nature of technical change in the French labour market. Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) is adopted to investigate productivity change in a sample of higher education leavers over the period 1999 and 2004. In a first step, the Luenberger Productivity Indicator (LPI) is...

type="main" xml:lang="en" <title type="main">Abstract</title> <p>This study examines the time series behaviour of several Angolan macroeconomic variables, using monthly data from August 1996 to June 2011. The series are the inflation rate, M1, M2, the exchange rate at the beginning and the end of the period, and the monthly...</p>

This paper analyses technical efficiency in Angolan banks from 2005 to 2010 with an innovative production frontier model, the <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" altimg="urn:x-wiley:00382280:media:saje12034:saje12034-math-5002" display="inline" overflow="scroll" wiley:location="equation/saje12034-math-5002.png"> <mrow> <mi mathvariant="double-struck">B</mi> <mtext>-convexity</mtext> </mrow> </math> model. The intermediate approach is adopted. It is observed that the efficiency increases over the observation period, according to the international...

The Handbook on the Economics of Conflict conveys how economics can contribute to the understanding of conflict in its various dimensions embracing world wars, regional conflicts, terrorism and the role of peacekeeping in conflict prevention.

In all sports, organisational training forms a vital component of the activities of sport federations, associations and clubs in order to develop skills as well as to maintain and improve competitiveness. Government finances sport organisation training activities with the aims of improving...

This paper applies an innovative DEA (Data Envelopment Analysis) model, the Inverse -convex model, in order to investigate the technical efficiency of a representative sample of Chinese banks. The banks are ranked according to their efficiency over the period 1998-2008. The results paint a mixed...