Judicial courts form a stringent example of public services using partially sticky inputs and
outputs with heterogeneous quality. Notwithstanding, governments internationally are …

Purpose European justice systems are facing a dramatic performance crisis due to the
frequent inability to resolve cases without incurring unreasonable delays and backlogs. In …

In the presence of undesirable output (s) in the production process, the Malmquist-
Luenberger productivity index (MLPI) has emerged as a standard tool to measure total factor …

Countries are forced to develop bio-based economic strategies to promote efficient use of
renewable natural resources. The transition towards a sustainable forest bio-based …

The aim of this study is the empirical analysis of the Italian judicial system, measuring its
efficiency and productivity. For this purpose, in details, the Data Envelopment Analysis …

China's overcapacity in the coal industry has become increasingly prominent since 2013,
with a severe negative impact on resource allocation and the national economy. The …

Focusing on the Italian judicial system as our case study, we use Data Envelopment
Analysis to estimate technical efficiency scores and reference values for policy makers. In …

The mandate of any judicial system is to pronounce quality judgements in a timely, impartial
and transparent manner. The Indian judiciary is currently facing a mammoth backlog of …

In estimating productivity change over time, technical change is frequently miscalculated as
the geometric average of technological changes between two periods based on firm-specific …

The development of urban infrastructures has been playing a key role in the urbanization
process in China over last several decades. Great scale of urban infrastructures has been …