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The core problem tackled in this book is the measurement of public-sector efficiency with Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). The book is intended to inject new ideas into the diverse academic literature which up till now has lacked a critical book-length exploration of DEA. The text is readable and intuitive making it suitable for a broad audience, including policy-makers and civil servants working on the control of public expenditure, privatisation etc. Graduates and advanced undergraduates should also find this book a valuable introduction to the nature and implemenation of DEA. These will include students on economics, management science and accounting degrees. The book provides a realistic approach to DEA, acknowledging its problems such as the fundamental output measurement and variable selection problems which are rarely recognised in applied studies.

Table of Contents:
Introduction. Motivation: Why DEA? Overview and Plan of the Book. An Introduction to Frontier Efficiency Concepts and Data Envelopment Analysis. Introduction. The Need for Weights in the Public Sector. The Nature of a Frontier Efficiency Comparison. The Measurement of Efficiency in Data Envelopment Analysis. Returns to Scale. Total Factor Productivity Measurement in English Local Education Authorities: A Non-Parametric Approach. Introduction. Measurement in the Public Sector. The Efficiency of Educational Production in English Local Education Authorities. A Preliminary Evaluation of the Peer Group. Appraisal. Appendix 3.1: Local Education Authority Data Set. Total Factor Productivity Measurement in Local Prisons and Remand Centres: A Further Application of Data Envelopment Analysis. Introduction. Analytical Background to Relative Efficiency Measurement. Empirical Investigation of Prison Efficiency. Inert Production: A New Interpretation with DEA. Conclusion. Appendix 4.1: Local Prisons and Remand Centres Data Set. Programme-Efficiency Implications of Data Envelopment Analysis. Introduction. The Cost Efficiency of a Multi-Branch Public Spending Programme: The Case of Local Prisons and Remand Centres. Evaluation of the Impact of a New Reference Technology on Branch and Programme Efficiency. Excess Costs and the Nesting of Empirical DEA Technologies. Additional Sources of Variation in Excess Costs: The Identification of Scale Inefficiences. Sensitivity of the Returns to Scale Measure. Conclusion. The Interpretation of Efficiency in Data Envelopment Analysis. Introduction. The Definition of Best-Practice. The Definition of Pareto Efficiency and the DEA Efficiency Score. A New Utility Basis for DEA Efficiency. The DEA Target as a Pareto Improvement. Some Remaining Difficulties with the DEA Target. Conclusion. Aspects of the Discriminating Power of Data Envelopment Analysis. Introduction. The Need for Clustering of LEA Performance. Results on LEA Efficiency after Clustering. Aspects of the Discriminating Power of DEA. Conclusion. A Conclusion and Appraisal. The Public Sector and DEA. Overview of the Empirical Results. Directions for Future Research. References. List of Tables. List of Figures.


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  • ISBN-13: 9780444890474
  • Publisher: Elsevier Science & Technology
  • Publisher Imprint: Elsevier Science Ltd
  • Height: 230 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0444890475
  • Publisher Date: /11/1992
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Sub Title: Applications of Data Envelopment Analysis


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