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Efisiensi belanja administrasi pemerintah Kota Palembang: Pendekatan Stochastic Frontier Analysis

open access: yesJurnal Ekonomi Pembangunan, 2019
This study aims to find out the efficiency of the administration of Palembang City, 2002 – 2016 period in building the area with and components that caused whether or not administrative expenditure of an area was efficient. This study uses data secondary
Ririn Puji Astuti   +2 more
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Stochastic Frontier Analysis of Biological Agents (Microbial Inoculants) Input Usage in Apple Production [PDF]

open access: gold, 2012
Holcer Chavez   +5 more
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Drivers of Farm Efficiency in Turkey: A Stochastic Frontier Analysis

open access: yesWorld Journal of Applied Economics, 2015
This paper analyzes the efficiency structure of Turkish agriculture in farm household level by using various models of stochastic frontier analysis. A household level survey conducted in 2002 and 2004 is used in the analysis. Firstly, an efficient production frontier is estimated by a panel data model.
Dudu, Hasan, Cakmak, Erol, Öcal, Nadir
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Accounting for heterogeneity in the measurement of hospital performance [PDF]

open access: yes
With prospective payment of hospitals becoming more common, measuring their performance is gaining in importance. However, the standard cost frontier model yields biased efficiency scores because it ignores technological heterogeneity between hospitals ...
Mehdi Farsi   +2 more
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A comparison of parametric and nonparametric estimation methods for cost frontiers and economic measures

open access: yesJournal of Applied Economics, 2019
This article examines the empirical performance of alternative frontier estimators’ ability to replicate a known underlying technology and economic measures such as multi-product and product-specific economies of scale, and economies of scope.
Bryon J. Parman, Allen M. Featherstone
doaj   +1 more source

Sensitivity of technical efficiency estimates to estimation methods: an empirical comparison of parametric and non-parametric approaches

open access: yesApstract: Applied Studies in Agribusiness and Commerce, 2014
This paper highlights the sensitivity of technical efficiency estimates to estimation approaches using empirical data. Firm specific technical efficiency and mean technical efficiency are estimated using the non parametric Data Envelope Analysis (DEA ...
Henry de-Graft Acquah
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Cost Efficiency in the Swiss Gas Distribution Sector [PDF]

open access: yes
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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