We construct an endogenous growth model and we employ empirical analysis to investigate the link between foreign aid and production inefficiency in the presence of different political orientations in the recipient country. Using a panel of 124 countries from 1971 to 2007 and the production frontier toolbox, controlling for unobserved heterogeneity, time horizons, the sources of aid, and the tim...

a r t i c l e i n f o The current mode of production in China is extensive and inefficient and has caused great stress on both resources and the environment. This paper focuses on analyzing the sources of production inefficiency and productivity growth in China. Here, a developed slacks-based measure is utilized to decompose production inefficiency into three components: input inefficiency, eco...

Wheat production is dominated by a subsistence smallholder system. Additionally, more than 4.7 million farmers are engaged in wheat production. However, poverty chronic and pervasive among farmers. Hence, targeting the efficiency of right strategy to improve well-being Therefore, we conducted this study measure level figure out sources inefficiency using stochastic frontier beta regression mode...

Gambir is a leading plantation commodity that has high economic value and widely cultivated by farmers in West Sumatra. Pesisir Selatan Regency the second producer of gambier Gambier farming still facing various obstacles, one which technical constraints, namely low productivity gambir period 2016 to 2020. This study aims analyze efficiency identify sources inefficiency Regency. The survey was ...

Abstract—This paper measures technical and scale efficiencies of 40 Indian sugar companies for the period from 2004-05 to 201314. The efficiencies are estimated through input-oriented DEA models using one output variable—value of output (VOP) and five input variables—capital cost (CA), employee cost (EMP), raw material (RW), energy & fuel (E&F) and other manufacturing expenses (OME). The sugar ...

According to a frequently cited finding by Berger et al (1993), X-inefficiency contributes 20% to cost-inefficiency in western banks. Empirical studies of Chinese banks tend to place cost-inefficiency in the region of 50%. Such estimates would suggest that Chinese banks suffer from gross cost inefficiency. Using a nonparametric bootstrapping method, this study decomposes cost-inefficiency in Ch...