Most of the literature related to the measurement of economic efficiency has based its
analysis either on parametric or on non‐parametric frontier methods. The choice of …

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 …

The rapid development of the aviation industry has brought about the deterioration of the
climate, which makes airline efficiency become a hot issue of social concern. As an …

Many papers have regressed non-parametric estimates of productive efficiency on
environmental variables in two-stage procedures to account for exogenous factors that might …

Chapter 1 describes two broad paradigms for measuring economic efficiency, one based on
an essentially nonparametric, programming approach to analysis of observed outcomes …

When Harold Fried, et al. published The Measurement of Productive Efficiency: Techniques
and Applications with OUP in 1993, the book received a great deal of professional interest …

Airlines in the United States have encountered difficulties since September 11, 2001,
particularly on domestic routes. Figure 1.1 plots quarterly operating profit margins (profit from …

In this paper, airline efficiency is divided into three stages: Operations Stage, Services Stage
and Sales Stage. The new three-stage strategic operating framework of airline efficiency is a …

This paper applies the unoriented DEA network methodology to measure US airlines'
performance relative to that of peer airlines and identifies the sources of its inefficiency. The …

Agricultural policy reform has been an important source of change in the Chinese
agricultural sector. The reforms led to productivity growth and helped China to pursue its self …