Advanced Mathematical Methods for Economic Efficiency Analysis : Theory and Empirical Applications

• Autore: Macedo Pedro
• Pubblicazione: Cham : , : Springer International Publishing AG, , 2023; ©2023
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (267 pages)
• Disciplina: 330.0151
• Altri autori: MoutinhoVictor MadalenoMara
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- Contributors -- Introduction -- 1 General Insights and Concepts -- 2 The Book Chapters and Contents -- 2.1 Part 1 -- 2.2 Part 2 -- 2.3 Part 3 -- 3 Concluding Remarks -- References -- Part 1 -- Production Economics and Economic Efficiency -- References -- Data Envelopment Analysis: A Review and Synthesis -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Origin of Frontier Methods -- 3 The Original DEA Model -- 4 The Evolution of the DEA Methodology -- 5 DEA Applications Roadmap -- 6 Opportunities for Future Developments in DEA -- References -- Stochastic Frontier Analysis: A Review and Synthesis -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Stochastic Frontier Analysis (SFA) -- 2.1 The SFA Method -- 2.2 SFA Approach in EE -- 3 Applications of SFA in EE Assessment -- 4 Policy Recommendations and Possible Future Research Applications of SFA -- 5 Concluding Remarks -- References -- Part 2 -- Combining Directional Distances and ELECTRE Multicriteria Decision Analysis for Preferable Assessments of Efficiency -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Using ELECTRE Outranking to Set a "Preferable Direction" -- 3 Numerical Example -- 4 Conclusions -- References -- Benefit-of-the-Doubt Composite Indicators and Use of Weight Restrictions -- 1 Introduction -- 2 BoD Composite Indicators Based on DEA Models -- 3 BoD Composite Indicators Based on Directional Distance Functions -- 4 Incorporating Value Judgments in BoD Composite indicators -- 4.1 Restrictions to Virtual Weights in CIs -- 4.2 Direct Weight Restrictions in CIs -- 5 Graphical Interpretation of a Directional BoD Model -- 5.1 Directional BoD Model with Virtual Weight Restrictions -- 5.2 Directional BoD Model with ARI Restrictions -- 6 Conclusions -- References -- Multidirectional Dynamic Inefficiency Analysis: An Extension to Include Corporate Social Responsibility -- 1 Introduction. ; 2 Dynamic Multidirectional Inefficiency Analysis with CSR Incorporated -- 3 Dataset -- 4 Results -- 5 Conclusions -- References -- Stochastic DEA -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Stochastic DEA -- 3 Distributional Assumptions on ε -- 4 Measuring Technical Efficiency -- 5 Conclusions -- References -- Internal Benchmarking for Efficiency Evaluations Using Data Envelopment Analysis: A Review of Applications and Directions for Future Research -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Methodological Procedure -- 3 Results -- 4 Internal Longitudinal Benchmarking: An Empirical Application -- 5 Discussion -- 6 Conclusions -- References -- Part 3 -- Recent Advances in the Construction of Nonparametric Stochastic Frontier Models -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Identification -- 3 Estimation -- 3.1 Full Separability -- 3.2 Weak Separability -- 3.3 No Separability -- 4 Concluding Remarks -- References -- A Hierarchical Panel Data Model for the Estimation of Stochastic Metafrontiers: Computational Issues and an Empirical Application -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Model and Its Estimation -- 3 Computational Issues -- 4 Empirical Application -- 4.1 Estimation -- 5 Conclusions -- References -- Robustness in Stochastic Frontier Analysis -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Stochastic Frontier Model -- 3 Definitions and Measures of Robustness -- 3.1 The Influence Function -- 3.2 Breakdown Point -- 3.3 Summary of Measures -- 4 Robustness and Stochastic Frontier Estimation -- 4.1 Corrected Ordinary Least Squares -- 4.2 Quantile Regression -- 4.3 Maximum Likelihood Estimation -- 4.4 Alternative M-estimators -- 5 Robustness and Efficiency Prediction -- 5.1 Conditional Mean -- 5.2 Conditional Mode -- 5.3 Conditional Median -- 6 Summary and Conclusions -- References -- Is it MOLS or COLS? -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Methods -- 2.1 Method A -- 2.2 Method B -- 2.3 What These Methods Aim to Do -- 3 History of the Nomenclature. ; 3.1 Prior to 1980 -- 3.2 1980 -- 3.3 After 1980 -- 4 The Gabrielsen Dilemma -- 5 Textbook Treatment of the Acronyms -- 6 Use of the Acronyms in the Journal of Productivity Analysis -- 7 Who Cares? -- 8 The ``Final'' Verdict -- 9 COLS in the JPA -- 10 MOLS in the JPA -- 11 A Collection of COLS Results -- References -- Stochastic Frontier Analysis with Maximum Entropy Estimation -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Maximum Entropy Estimation -- 2.1 Generalized Maximum (Cross) Entropy Estimator -- 2.2 ME Estimation in SFA -- 3 An Application to Eco-Efficiency Analysis of European Countries -- 4 Concluding Remarks -- References.
• Titolo autorizzato: Advanced Mathematical Methods for Economic Efficiency Analysis
• ISBN: 3-031-29583-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910734827403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems Series