average technical efficiency of each country by means of a DEA model called "basic" model. This model includes only banking …In this paper we extend the efficiency cross-country comparisons to ten European countries in order to know how … variables. Finally, the non homogeneity of the country-samples, observed after performing an individual DEA analysis for each …

Over the last few years, many studies have analyzed the efficiency of local governments in different countries. An … legal minimum and, consequently, might have an uncertain effect on efficiency when compared to other municipalities which … efficiency of municipalities is evaluated after splitting them into clusters according to various criteria (output mix …

This study analyzes the influence of the environmental conditions on the levels of technical efficiency of the activity … order to achieve our objective, first we designed a basic DEA model, formed by resources …-intervention-and-prevention variables. Subsequently, a complete DEA model was estimated which incorporated, as non-controllable inputs, those conditions of …

capital issues. A plethora of studies hasalso analyzed the efficiency of several banking industries.In this article we merge …-social-capital environments. Inthese cases, efficiency scores are biased downwards,and controlling for social capital enables these banksto move … up in the efficiency rankings. …

Efficiency and productivity analysis have been critical in healthcare and economics literature. Despite the tremendous …. This article provides a three-part literature review of healthcare efficiency and productivity studies. It begins by … reviewing the two primary empirical methods used in healthcare efficiency studies, emphasising the treatment of inefficiency …