...Jyotsna Rosario; K.R. Shanmugam Purpose This paper aims to analyze the technical efficiency of Indian State governments in providing elementary education (EE) and to identify the determinants of their technical inefficiency. Design/methodology/approach The Generalized Stochastic Frontier...

...Milena Jakšić; Ana Krstić Srejović; Marina Milanović; Predrag Mimović Purpose The paper analyzes the relative technical efficiency of the transition economies of the Western Balkans in the period 2007–2021, in comparison with the former countries with a socialist state system, today members...

...Yongseung Han; Thomas Littlefield; Myeong Hwan Kim Purpose This paper proposes the use of a gauge function as a measure of technical efficiency. The measure of technical inefficiency from a gauge function is desirable as the estimation of a gauge function is not subject to the endogeneity problem...

...Maman Setiawan; Nury Effendi; Ratni Heliati; Alfi Syahrin Ario Waskito Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the technical efficiency (TE) of micro and small enterprises (MSEs) and its determinants in the Indonesian manufacturing sector covering comprehensive subsectors. Design...

... in technical efficiency between 1992 and 1995. Findings Firms in low‐priority sectors exhibited higher efficiency in 1992 than firms in high‐priority sectors; by 1995, efficiency differences diminish. Efficiency gains were relatively higher in industries which experienced the largest percentage output...