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PLoS ONE, 2022 The Yellow River Basin (YRB) is China's substantial energy consumption base. The issue of carbon emission efficiency directly affects the ecological protection and high-quality development of the YRB.
Yuan Zhang, Zhen Yu, Juan Zhang
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LDC agriculture: Nonparametric Malmquist productivity indexes [PDF]
Journal of Development Economics, 1997 Abstract This paper examines changes in agricultural productivity in 18 developing countries over the period 1961–1985. We use the nonparametric, output-based Malmquist index to examine whether the results from such an approach confirm results from other methods that have indicated declining agricultural productivity in less developed countries (LDCs)
Fulginiti, Lilyan E., Perrin, Richard K.
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Global malmquist index for measuring the economic productivity changes
Measurement + Control, 2020 Data envelopment analysis is a nonparametric method for measuring of the performance of decision-making units—which do not need to have or compute a firm’s production function, which is often difficult to calculate.
Esmaeil Mombini +4 more
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Aggregation of Malmquist productivity indexes allowing for reallocation of resources [PDF]
European Journal of Operational Research, 2014 zbMATH Open Web Interface contents unavailable due to conflicting licenses.
Zelenyuk, Valentin, Mayer, Andreas
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In 2015, the United Nations (UN) adopted the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), calling for urgent action to end poverty, reduce inequality, and secure a sustainable future. Within this global agenda, the commitment of the Organization for Economic Co‐operation and Development (OECD) is particularly significant given its institutional ...
Mehmet Güray Ünsal +4 more
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Water losses are a critical environmental and operational challenge, especially in regions exposed to increasing water stress. This study assesses the environmental productivity of municipal water supply services in Spain and Portugal during the period 2014–2022, explicitly treating losses as an undesirable output.
Elisabet Zafra Gómez +4 more
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Journal of Mathematics, 2021 The purpose of this paper is to analyze the impact of high-tech talents flow on labor income share and explore the influencing mechanism. It can be proved that high-tech talents flow affects labor income share by production function, with technological ...
Wei Cui, Anwei Wan, Yongbo Yang
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Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT China's diversified agricultural policies have effectively improved both the yield and environmental performance of the crop sector. Quantifying productivity trends and their drivers is key to formulating strategies for high‐quality and low‐carbon crop development.
Yang Liu +2 more
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A Malmquist Index for the Greek Insurance Industry [PDF]
The Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance - Issues and Practice, 2010 The objective of this paper is to estimate the effects of deregulation after the implementation of the Third Insurance Directive in the Greek insurance market. Efficiency and productivity measures are estimated by means of data envelopment analysis, applied to a sample of almost all Greek insurance companies, for the period 1994–2003. The companies are
Milton Nektarios, Carlos Pestana Barros
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International Transactions in Operational Research, EarlyView.Abstract The search for evidence in public management and the implementation of good management by public bodies is becoming increasingly important, and the principles of effectiveness and efficiency should be reinforced. Therefore, this paper aims to analyse the change in efficiency in the provision of public lighting services by local governments ...
Pablo Povedano‐Fernández +2 more
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