In recent years there has been an exponential growth in the number of publications related
to theory and applications of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). Charnes, Cooper, and …

A DEA-based stochastic frontier estimation framework is presented to evaluate contextual
variables affecting productivity that allows for both one-sided inefficiency deviations as well …

This chapter is written for analysts and researchers who may use data envelopment analysis
(DEA) to statistically evaluate hypotheses about characteristics of production …

This paper assesses the potential to raise public spending efficiency in the primary and
secondary education sector. Resource availability per pupil has increased significantly over …

In this paper, we develop five statistical tests to compare the efficiencies of different groups
of DMUs. We consider a data generating process (DGP) that models the deviation of the …

Parametric efficiency analysis is one of the most investigated areas in applied production
economics. Nevertheless, the vast majority of empirical studies are not accompanied by a …

This research was motivated by the large investment in health information technology (IT) by
hospitals and the inconsistent findings related to the effects of health IT adoption on hospital …

CLINICAL The Effects of Health Information Technology Adoption and Hospital-Physician
Integration on Hospital Efficiency Page 1 VOL. 20, SPECIAL ISSUE n THE AMERICAN JOURNAL …

The field of production frontier estimation is divided between the parametric Stochastic
Frontier Analysis (SFA) and the deterministic, nonparametric Data Envelopment Analysis …

The availability of efficiency estimation software freely distributed via the internet and
relatively easy to use recently inflated the number of corresponding applications. The …