This paper analyzes efficiency and total factor productivity (TFP) change of large agricultural enterprises during … their transition to a market economy in Ukraine. In this case the efficiency is calculated by data envelopment analysis and … technical efficiency, which is found to be remarkably significant. At the same time there is a high variation among individual …

The Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) is a relatively new method to measure Technical Efficiency (TE). TE of a Decision … efficiency analysis is especially important for the enterprises in the transformation process. In DEA the Linear Programming (LP …) is used to determine relative efficiency of the analysed enterprises. The basic principles of the DEA are introduced in …

Non-parametric estimates of technical efficiency of Russian banks are considered for each quarter in the period of 2002 …–2006. Two types of DEA estimates CCR (Charnes, Cooper, Rhodes, 1978) and BCC (Banker, Charnes, Cooper, 1984), are compared with … parametric SFA estimates. Semiparametric bootstrap (Simar, Wilson, 2007) is used to study statistical properties of DEA estimates …

. We find that the scope and efficiency of intermediation by Russian banks has improved over time, but the level of banks …