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 …

The measurement of technical efficiency allows managers and policy makers to enhance
existing differentials and potential improvements across a sample of analyzed units. The …

This paper reports an efficiency analysis of local tax management by provincial tax agencies
in Spain based on supramunicipal delegation. To conduct this study, we used the robust …

Measuring local government efficiency is a complex task that has to take into account that
they usually operate in a heterogeneous context. Therefore, the estimation of relative …

In this paper we propose an innovative approach based on life satisfaction to estimate
efficiency measures for individuals considering how they convert their resources into higher …

In 2007, Spain reformed its regulatory framework to give priority to research and knowledge
transfer activities at universities. It is in this context that we examine the efficiency of Spanish …

Analyzing the efficiency of educational systems is one of the main focuses of the policy
debate to promote national competitiveness and future economic growth. In this paper, we …

Conditional efficiency measures are needed when the production process does not depend
only on the inputs and outputs, but may be influenced by external factors and/or …

Centralized resource allocation requires planning how to implement changes in order to
adapt resources to the allocated budget without losing outputs. This paper presents an …

This paper applies the probabilistic approach developed by Daraio and Simar (J Prod Anal
24: 93–121, 2005, Advanced robust and nonparametric methods in efficiency analysis …