A análise do investimento público é um instrumento essencial para nortear a destinação de recursos e, assim obter melhor desempenho na promoção desenvolvimento país. Nesse sentido, são necessárias técnicas adequadas avaliar o dos órgãos justiça estaduais, sobretudo no 1º grau. Com base em novos procedimentos avaliação, presente estudo tem como objetivo mensurar performance Tribunais Justiça Bra...

This paper analyses the productivity growth of the SUMA tax offices located in Spain evolved between 2004 and 2006 by using Malmquist Index based on Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) models. It goes a step forward by smoothed bootstrap procedure which improves the quality of the results by generalising the samples, so that the conclusions obtained from them can be applied in order to increase pro...

We analyze hospital efficiency and productivity growth using an innovative approach which employs the directional distance function and the Luenberger productivity indicator. The primary advantage of our approach is that both input contractions and output expansions are considered. Our model generates a productivity indicator that is decomposed into the usual constituents of productivity growth...

In some data envelopment analysis (DEA) applications, some inputs of DMUs have negative values with positive cost. This paper generalizes the global cost Malmquist productivity index to compare the productivity of different DMUs with negative inputs in any two periods of times under variable returns to scale (VRS) technology, and then the generalized index is decomposed to several components. T...

In this paper we test the hypothesis that the economic transition toward a market economy increases the efficiency of firms. We study 32 Polish electricity distribution companies between 1997-2002, by applying common benchmarking methods to the panel: the nonparametric data envelopment analysis (DEA), the free disposal hull (FDH), and, as a parametric approach, the stochastic frontier analysis ...

This stuely aflempts to measure the prodllctivi~y of Ihe life insurance inelustry by employing the non-parametric Malmquist Index approach. The ]inding shows that despite the productivity growth in the insurance industry, it is relatively loll' compared to the real economic growth experienced by Malaysia. Like the mallufacllfring sectol; thefurure growth of this indusll~y 1V0uld depend on its a...