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Technical, Allocative, and Economic Efficiency in Swedish Dairy Farms: The Data Envelopment Analysis Versus the Stochastic Frontier Approach [PDF]
Technical, allocative, and economic input efficiency scores were estimated for an unbalanced panel of Swedish dairy farms, using data envelopment analysis (DEA) and the stochastic frontier approach (SFA).
Johansson, Helena
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ENERGY &ENVIRONMENTAL MATERIALS, EarlyView.Aqueous zinc–iodine batteries (Zn–I2Bs) offer promise for grid storage due to safety and cost advantages yet face critical bottlenecks: severe self‐discharge (polyiodide shuttling and HER), limited energy density, sluggish kinetics, and zinc anode instability.
Jia‐Lin Yang +3 more
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Energy Science &Engineering, EarlyView.Tri‐fuel diesel–Calophyllum inophyllum biodiesel–hydrogen operation was tested over 96 points in a diesel engine. Eight performance and emission metrics feed a preference‐agnostic Bootstrapped Empirical Multiobjective Ranking and Selection methodology, revealing load‐blend‐hydrogen windows that increase efficiency, restrain smoke, and expose NOx trade ...
C. Naga Kumar +5 more
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Inefficiency, heterogeneity and spillover effects in maternal care in India: a spatial stochastic frontier analysis. [PDF]
BMC Health Serv Res, 2015 Kinfu Y, Sawhney M.
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Cost Efficiency in the Swiss Gas Distribution Sector [PDF]
This paper studies the cost structure of gas distribution utilities in Switzerland. Three stochastic frontier models are applied to a panel of 26 companies operating from 1996 to 2000. Efficiency is assumed to be constant over time.
Massimo Filippini +2 more
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International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT One of the critical risks associated with cryptocurrency assets is the so‐called downside risk, or tail risk. Conditional Value‐at‐Risk (CVaR) is a measure of tail risks that is not normally considered in the construction of a cryptocurrency portfolio.
Xinran Huang +3 more
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Technical efficiency of teaching hospitals in Iran: the use of Stochastic Frontier Analysis, 1999-2011. [PDF]
Int J Health Policy Manag, 2014 Goudarzi R +5 more
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Efficiency of Hospitals in the Czech Republic [PDF]
The paper estimates cost efficiency of 99 general hospitals in the Czech Republic during 2001-2008 using Stochastic Frontier Analysis. We estimate a baseline model and also a model accounting for various inefficiency determinants.
Jana Procházková, Lenka Šťastná
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International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines the environmental, social and governance (ESG) scoring methodologies used by Bloomberg and S&P Global through the lens of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). It addresses a notable gap in the literature by identifying the underlying factors that shape ESG scores and providing practical insights for companies seeking to ...
Philipe Balan +4 more
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Does Higher Cost Inefficiency Imply Higher Profit Inefficiency? - Evidence on Inefficiency and Ownership of German Hospitals [PDF]
This paper investigates cost and profit efficiency of German hospitals. More specifically, it deals with the question how hospital efficiency varies with ownership, patient structure and other exogenous factors, which are neither inputs nor outputs of ...
Annika Herr +2 more
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