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 ...

Purpose Total factor productivity (TFP) change is an important driver of long-run economic growth in the construction sector. However, examining TFP alone insufficient to identify cause changes. Therefore, this paper employs infrequently used Geometric Young Index (GYI) and stochastic frontier analysis (SFA) measure decompose (TFPI) at firm-level from 2009 2018 based on Malaysian firms' data. D...

We assessed the implementation of operational programs (OPs) aimed at boosting deployment information and communication technologies (ICTs) in small medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). performed a three-stage slack-based measure (SBM) data envelopment analysis (DEA) model combined with stochastic frontier (SFA), which considered contextual factors reported from European Union (EU) to appraise 51 O...

In the context of low-carbon development, effectively improving carbon emission efficiency is an inevitable requirement for achieving sustainable economic and social development. Based on panel data 11 provinces municipalities in Yangtze River Basin (YRB), ranging from 2000 to 2019, this paper uses green-technology measure industrial via stochastic frontier analysis (SFA) incorporated with prod...

Existing studies have focused on the impact of innovation carbon emission performance but ignore importance government support for innovation. To overcome this challenge, paper adopts a spatial difference-in-difference (DID) model to assess urban based quasi-natural experiment innovative city pilots (ICP) in China. Using high-resolution data 1 km × 238 cities from 2008 2019 China, employees an ...

in this study, farm level technical efficiency (te) and its determinants were investigated. a stochastic cobb-douglas (cd) production frontier was used to provide estimates of input-oriented te for a sample of 100 rain fed farms in two palestinian governorates. empirical findings showed that the estimated te of the farms in the pooled sample ranged from 35.7 to 95.6%, with a mean value of 72.2%...

In this paper, we test for productivity gains resulting from the introduction of a productivity-based incentive program in a large manufacturing plant of a Fortune 500 corporation. We develop a methodology based on a stochastic nonparametric frontier estimation technique to evaluate productivity in the postincentive plan period relative to the pre-incentive plan period. We also test for product...

Since the Labour government came to power in 1997, it has introduced a regime whereby public services are accountable in respect of best value performance indicators (BVPIs). A recent Public Services Productivity Panel (PSP) (2000) report has developed a set of criteria whereby the economic analysis of police force efficiency by the Home Office is to be made standard. In this paper we utilise a...