[HTML][HTML] The origins and development of statistical approaches in non-parametric frontier models: a survey of the first two decades of scholarly literature (1998–2020)

A Moradi-Motlagh, A Emrouznejad - Annals of Operations Research, 2022 - Springer
This paper surveys the increasing use of statistical approaches in non-parametric efficiency
studies. Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) and Free Disposable Hull (FDH) are recognized …

Explaining inefficiency in nonparametric production models: the state of the art

L Bădin, C Daraio, L Simar - Annals of Operations Research, 2014 - Springer
The performance of economic producers is often affected by external or environmental
factors that, unlike the inputs and the outputs, are not under the control of the Decision …

Does corporate social responsibility impact firms' innovation capacity? The indirect link between environmental & social governance implementation and innovation …

DC Broadstock, R Matousek, M Meyer… - Journal of Business …, 2020 - Elsevier
Firms' choices on corporate social responsibility (CSR) and environmental, social and
governance (ESG) implementation strategies can arguably have a positive impact on their …

Two-stage DEA: caveat emptor

L Simar, PW Wilson - Journal of Productivity Analysis, 2011 - Springer
This paper examines the wide-spread practice where data envelopment analysis (DEA)
efficiency estimates are regressed on some environmental variables in a second-stage …

How to measure the impact of environmental factors in a nonparametric production model

L Bădin, C Daraio, L Simar - European journal of operational research, 2012 - Elsevier
The measurement of technical efficiency allows managers and policy makers to enhance
existing differentials and potential improvements across a sample of analyzed units. The …

Statistical approaches for non‐parametric frontier models: a guided tour

L Simar, PW Wilson - International Statistical Review, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
A rich theory of production and analysis of productive efficiency has developed since the
pioneering work by Tjalling C. Koopmans and Gerard Debreu. Michael J. Farrell published …

Assessing efficiency drivers in municipal solid waste collection services through a non-parametric method

A Guerrini, P Carvalho, G Romano, RC Marques… - Journal of cleaner …, 2017 - Elsevier
Municipal solid waste collection is a public service with impact on the environment, public
health, and the appearance of a municipal area. The standard of efficiency achieved in …

What explains the performance of students in a heterogeneous environment? Conditional efficiency estimation with continuous and discrete environmental variables

K De Witte, M Kortelainen - Applied Economics, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Efficiency estimations which do not account for the operational environment where
production units are operating in may have only a limited value. This article presents a fully …

The influence of the operational environment on the efficiency of water utilities

P Carvalho, RC Marques - Journal of environmental management, 2011 - Elsevier
Adjusting for the operational environment in studies of performance measurement is very
important, otherwise the analysis may lead to unrealistic scores, especially when its …

Financial distress and the Malaysian dual baking system: A dynamic slacks approach

P Wanke, MAK Azad, CP Barros - Journal of Banking & Finance, 2016 - Elsevier
This paper presents an efficiency assessment of the Malaysian dual banking system using
the Dynamic Slacks Based Model (DSBM) in order to assess the evolution of Malaysian …