2004 and 2011. Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) and Stochastic Frontier Analysis (SFA) are used to estimate the efficiency …This paper evaluates the efficiency of the twenty-one largest Syndicates of Lloyd's of London. Members of Lloyd's of …, that the average annual efficiency estimates for all Syndicates are plausible and they follow three-year cycles. Secondly …

the efficiency of institutions worldwide, the problem concerning the availability of internationally standardized data …. We calculate efficiency scores for more than 4,800 universities and other research-focused institutions worldwide … America or Europe. The results of the study show that institutions in the Pacific region have the highest average efficiency …

We propose a measure of well-being efficiency to assess countries' ability to transform inputs into subjective well … sample of 126 countries. Efficiency scores reveal that high ranking subjective well-being countries, such as the Nordics, are … not strictly the most efficient ones. Also, the scores are uncorrelated with economic efficiency. This means that the …

We estimate a measure of well-being efficiency that assesses countries' ability to transform inputs into subjective … Analysis to a sample of 126 countries. Efficiency scores reveal that high ranking subjective well-being countries, such as the … Nordics, are not strictly the most efficient ones. Also, the scores are uncorrelated with economic efficiency. This suggests …

The purpose of this study is to evaluate and compare the efficiency of healthcare systems among 28 countries around the … world by applying the data envelopment analysis (DEA) method. Two output variables are used: life expectancy at birth and … million of the population, and total health expenditure as a percentage of the country's GDP. Using the DEA method, we …