Time and persistent efficiency of European service and transport industry : a stochastic frontier analysis

• Main Author: Ζωντήρος, Παναγιώτης
• Other Authors: Zontiros, Panagiotis
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Stochastic frontier; Persistent inefficiency; Transient inefficiency; Efficiency; Services; Transportation; Στοχαστικό σύνορο; Επίμονη αναποτελεσματικότητα; Παροδική αναποτελεσματικότητα; Μεταφορές

In the present dissertation, using a recent methodological advancement by (S. C. Kumbhakar, Lien, et al. 2014), an attempt is made to estimate the overall, the permanent and the transient technical inefficiency in the field of services and transport. In short, permanent inefficiency refers to long-...