Affiliation:
1. University of Calgary and Teacher Training University, Canada
2. University of Calgary, Canada
Abstract
In Data Envelopment Analysis, when the number of decision making units is small,
the number of units of the dominant or effcient set is relatively large and the average effciency is
generally high. The high average effciency is the result of assuming that the units in the effcient
set are 100% effcient. If this assumption is not valid, this results in an overestimation of the
efficiencies, which will be larger for a smaller number of units. Samples of various sizes are used
to find the related bias in the effciency estimation. The samples are drawn from a large scale
application of DEA to bank branch efficiency. The effects of different assumptions as to returns
to scale and the number of inputs and outputs are investigated.
Subject
Applied Mathematics,Computational Mathematics,Statistics and Probability,General Decision Sciences
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