We provide a nonparametric revealed preference approach to demand analysis based on homothetic efficiency. Homotheticity is a useful restriction but data rarely satisfies testable conditions. To overcome this we provide a way to estimate homothetic efficiency of consumption choices. It...

This book is intended to help regulators learn about the tools needed to measure efficiency. It is based on lecture notes from courses the World Bank Institute offers in English, French and Spanish throughout the developing world and has benefited from feedback received during those courses. It...

Intro -- Contents -- Cover -- Title -- Foreword v -- About the Authors vii -- Acknowledgments ix -- Abbreviations and Acronyms xi -- 1. Introduction 1 -- 2. Why Should Regulators Be Interested in Efficiency? 5 -- 3. Some TFP Measurement and Decomposition Methods 25 -- 4. An Empirical Example 55...

This paper aims to introduce an alternative way to benchmark the efficiency of 30 Indonesian cooperatives at the provincial level from 2000 to 2007. A balanced panel data was used to determine the total factor productivity (TFP) and identify the main drivers to technical efficiency. A stochastic...

This paper aims to introduce an alternative way to benchmark the efficiency of 30 Indonesian cooperatives at the provincial level from 2000 to 2006. A balanced panel data was used to determine the total factor productivity (TFP) and identify the main drivers to technical efficiency. A stochastic...

The objective of our study was to evaluate the efficiency of public, private for-profit, and private non-profit hospitals in Germany. First, bootstrapped data envelopment analysis (DEA) was used to evaluate the efficiency of a panel (n = 1,046) of public, private for-profit, and private...