Technical efficiency and corporate structure of Italian Private Hospitals. evidence from a one-step stochastic frontier analysis

Marco A. De Benedetto and Antonio F. Forgione

Applied Economics Letters, 2020, vol. 27, issue 15, 1225-1228

Abstract: This paper aims to identify the relationship between the output-oriented technical efficiency of Italian private hospitals and their ownership structure. Using the one-step Stochastic Frontier Analysis technique, we explain technical efficiency throughout a set of variables capturing the firm’s shareholder activity, ownership concentration, and managerial ownership. Results suggest that (1) technical efficiency is positively affected by managerial ownership, and (2) private hospitals are more efficient when ownership concentration is low.

Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2019.1676379

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