The concept of efficiency is important in economic science; at present, its role every sector the economy growing. Evaluating an enterprise’s makes it possible to implement a correct and profitable strategy resource allocation, which shows potential level Given annual increase number bankrupt enterprises, issue estimating enterprises relevant for both their owners managers, as well creditors. T...

1 This paper presents an empirical comparison of the following approaches to estimate annual 2 mileage budgets for multiple discrete-continuous extreme value (MDCEV) models of household 3 vehicle ownership and utilization: (1) The log-linear regression approach to model observed total 4 annual household vehicle miles traveled (AH-VMT), (2) The stochastic frontier regression 5 approach to model ...

A Cobb–Douglas stochastic production frontier was used to analyze the technical efficiency of wheat producers under row planting and broadcasting methods in Hadiya zone, southern Ethiopia. The estimated results model show that mean 83.4% 57.8% broadcasting, respectively. Approximately 646.882 kg/ha 1393.038 output were lost due inefficiency. This reveals existing practices there is a room incre...

This paper uses the concept of Meta-frontier to investigate the relationship between Meta Technology Ratios (MTR) and different varieties in datepalms including; Mazafati, Rabi and Zardan that are produced widely in Sistan and Baluchestan province of Iran. We used a stratified sampling of 300 date farmers of this province in 2010, 2011 and 2012 and estimated a stochastic production frontier usi...

This research study is carried out to examine Technical and allocative efficiency among Maize growers in Aesi Negele Woreda, West Arsi Zone of Oromia, Ethiopia. The based on primary secondary data, collected through a well designed questionnaire from sample 98 small holder producers. data were analyzed with the use stochastic frontier Cobb. Douglas production function estimate level identify im...

Although agenda of Water supply in sufficient quantity and standard quality is highlighted in India from last few years. But Yet Performance assessment and Efficiency evaluation of water supply services not in practice. However the analysis is confined to the realm of researchers and policy makers. The present paper spells inclusion of quality parameter in assessment of utilities through fronti...

Growing social concerns over the environmental externalities associated with business activities are pushing firms to identify activities that create economic value with less environmental impact and to become more eco-efficient. Over the past two decades, researchers have increasingly used frontier efficiency models to evaluate productive efficiency in the presence of undesirable outputs, such...

The current paper examines the cross-efficiency concept in data envelopment analysis (DEA). While cross-efficiency has appeal as a peer evaluation approach, it is often the subject of criticism, due mainly to the use of DEA weights that are often non-unique. As a result, cross-efficiency scores are routinely viewed as arbitrary in that they depend on a particular set of optimal DEA weights gene...

background hospitals are highly resource-dependent settings, which spend a large proportion of healthcare financial resources. the analysis of hospital efficiency can provide insight into how scarce resources are used to create health values. this study examines the technical efficiency (te) of 12 teaching hospitals affiliated with tehran university of medical sciences (tums) between 1999 and 2...