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Is there empirical evidence for decreasing returns to scale in a health capital model? [PDF]
Health Econ, 2012 ABSTRACTWe estimate a health investment equation, derived from a health capital model that is an extension of the well‐known Grossman model. Of particular interest is whether the health production function has constant returns to scale, as in the standard Grossman model, or decreasing returns to scale, as in the Ehrlich–Chuma model and extensions ...
Galama TJ +3 more
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Is more always better? On the relevance of decreasing returns to scale on innovation
Technovation, 2021 The authors acknowledge financial support from the Comunidad de Madrid Government, under grant H2019/HUM-5761 (INNJOBMAD-CM). Prof. Jos´e L. Zofío acknowledges financial support from the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation and the State Research Agency under grants EIN 2020- 112260/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 and PID2019-105952GB-I00/ AEI/10.13039/
Javier Barbero +2 more
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Cross-border acquisitions from developing countries under decreasing returns to scale [PDF]
Portuguese Economic Journal, 2020 We assume that a firm from a developing country wants to acquire a firm from a developed country with better technology. The acquirer, which may be a private firm or a state-owned firm, seeks to improve its efficiency in production. We assume that at most there is one acquisition, and that it needs to be authorized by both the government of the ...
Dong Q, Bárcena-Ruiz J.
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Efficiency assessment of gynecological resource allocation in tertiary hospitals: a Data Envelopment Analysis approach [PDF]
BMC Health Services ResearchBackground Efficient allocation of gynecological resources in tertiary hospitals is crucial to ensuring high-quality healthcare services. This study aims to evaluate the efficiency of gynecological resource allocation in tertiary hospitals across Jiangsu
Xi Cheng +5 more
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MathematicsThis paper investigates duopoly competition under both constant and decreasing returns to scale in a market characterized by an isoelastic demand function, where firms adjust their strategies using a gradient adjustment mechanism.
Ruirui Hou, Xiaoliang Li, Wenshuang Wan
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A new model to measuring efficiency and returns to scale on data envelopment analysis [PDF]
International Journal of Research in Industrial Engineering, 2021 We extend the concept of returns to scale in Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) to the weight restriction environments. By adding weight restrictions, the status of returns to scale, i.e. increasing, constant, and decreasing, may need a change.
Abbasali Monzeli +4 more
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Evaluation of Nosocomial Infection Management Efficiency Based on the Data Envelopment Analysis Model [PDF]
Risk Management and Healthcare PolicyJin Wang,1,* Gan Wang,2,3,* Chaoyi Qi4 1Department of Healthcare-associated Infection Management, Qingdao Municipal Hospital, Qingdao, People’s Republic of China; 2Shanghai Institute of Infectious Disease and Biosecurity, Fudan University ...
Wang J, Wang G, Qi C
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SCALE EFFICIENCY IN EUROPEAN PORK PRODUCTION [PDF]
Review of Agricultural and Applied Economics, 2015 The paper analyses scale efficiency in European pork production. The analysis shows significant differences in the exploitation of economies of scale among EU member states.
Lukas CECHURA +3 more
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Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society, 2022 Purpose. The purpose of this study is to sensitivity analysis analyze the returns to scale in two-stage network based on DEA models. The main focus of the firms has always been to obtain the maximum output with the least available resources, which points
Maryam Sarparast +2 more
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Cogent Economics & Finance, 2023 In an effort to address the decline in maize productivity, the government of Zimbabwe in 2016/17 endorsed a special program for input support named command agriculture scheme (CAS).
Norman T. Muzeza +2 more
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