One of the main concerns in the European Union (EU) is to improving educational achievements and the efficiency of the educational systems. In this work we analyse the educational efficiency in 18 European countries through a methodology that employs the pupil as decision making unit using PISA...

La privatización generalmente es motivada por los gobiernos debido al factor eficiencia. En este caso analizamos los efectos de la privatización en la eficiencia de Iberia entre 1984- 2004. Hemos realizado un análisis factorial que combina indicadores de eficiencia financiera y productiva....

The aim of this research is to determine the measurement of the technical efficiency of Spanish regional public firms that are oriented to the provision of public services. This study represents an innovative contribution because the analysis of the efficiency of this type of firms is a subject...