Procedures for ranking technical and cost efficient units: With a focus on nonconvexity
Kristiaan Kerstens,
Jafar Sadeghi,
Mehdi Toloo and
Ignace Van de Woestyne
European Journal of Operational Research, 2022, vol. 300, issue 1, 269-281
Abstract:
This contribution extends the literature on super-efficiency by focusing on ranking cost-efficient observations. To the best of our knowledge, the focus has always been on technical super-efficiency and this focus on ranking cost-efficient observations may well open up a new topic. Furthermore, since the convexity axiom has both an impact on technical and cost efficiency, we pay a particular attention to the effect of nonconvexity on both super-efficiency notions. Apart from a numerical example, we use a secondary data set guaranteeing replication to illustrate these efficiency and super-efficiency concepts. Two empirical conclusions emerge. First, the cost super-efficiency notion ranks differently from the technical super-efficiency concept. Second, both cost and technical super-efficiency notions rank differently under convex and nonconvex technologies.
Keywords: Data envelopment analysis; Free disposal hull; Technical efficiency; Cost efficiency; Super-efficiency (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2021.10.023
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