Acta Univ. Agric. Silvic. Mendelianae Brun. 2020, 68(4), 765-774 | DOI: 10.11118/actaun202068040765

Efficiency Comparison and Efficiency Development of the Metallurgical Industry in the EU: Parametric and Non-parametric Approaches

Michaela Staňková
Department of Statistics and Operation Analysis, Faculty of Business and Economics, Mendel University in Brno, Zemědělská 1, 613 00 Brno, Czech Republic

This article deals with the development of technical (production) efficiency in the metallurgical industry in EU countries with an emphasis on the situation in the Czech Republic. The efficiency of individual countries was estimated for the period from 1995 to 2015. The parametric stochastic frontier analysis method with different settings was chosen to estimate efficiency and the results were verified using a competitive non-parametric data envelopment analysis method. It was found that during the period under review, there was an average increase in efficiency in the metallurgical industry. The largest increase in efficiency (confirmed by all types of models) was observed in the Czech Republic. A visible positive efficiency shift was also recorded in Spain and Greece. Surprisingly, there has been a decline in efficiency in Sweden and Italy.

Keywords: data envelopment analysis, efficiency, Malmquist index, metallurgical industry, panel data, stochastic frontier analysis
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This article was supported by the grant No. PEF/TP/2020002 of the Grant Agency IGA PEF MENDELU.

Received: June 28, 2020; Accepted: August 13, 2020; Published: August 30, 2020  Show citation

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Staňková, M. (2020). Efficiency Comparison and Efficiency Development of the Metallurgical Industry in the EU: Parametric and Non-parametric Approaches. Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis, 68(4), 765-774. doi: 10.11118/actaun202068040765
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