Cost efficiency of Belgian local governments: A comparative analysis of FDH, DEA, and econometric approaches
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Cost efficiency of Belgian local governments: A comparative analysis of FDH, DEA, and econometric approaches
The purpose of this paper is to analyze the efficiency of local governments in Belgium using a broad variety of non-parametric and parametric reference technologies. Specifically, we calculate indices of cost efficiency for five different reference technologies, two non-parametric ones (Free Disposal Hull (FDH) and variable returns to scale Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA)) and three parametric ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Regional Science and Urban Economics
سال: 1996
ISSN: 0166-0462
DOI: 10.1016/0166-0462(95)02127-2