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Evaluation of the dynamic efficiency of Croatian towns using Data Envelopment Analysis

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This paper studies the dynamic relative efficiency of 12 selected towns in the Republic of Croatia using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). The selected towns, represented as Decision Making Units (DMUs), are those among the 127 towns in Croatia having a population of at least 45,000. Using the number of employed workers and employed assets as inputs and income as an output, Window Analysis is considered for the period 2004–2009 for an input-oriented (output-oriented) DEA model with constant (variable) returns to scale. The paper presents and analyzes computational results on the dynamic relative efficiency of the towns.

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Notes

  1. An official list of Croatian towns (in Croatian) can be found at http://narodne-novine.nn.hr/clanci/sluzbeni/127788.html.

  2. For details see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croatia.

  3. A list of Croatian towns with their respective population for the year 2011 can be found at http://www.dzs.hr/Eng/censuses/census2011/results/censustabshtm.htm under 1. Population Contingents, by Towns/Municipalities, 2011 Census for each county.

  4. All towns in Category 4 can be seen at the Croatian map at http://www.ezilon.com/maps/europe/croatia-maps.html.

  5. One minor exception is that Sisak, Split and Šibenik were ranked somewhat higher by models with variable returns to scale than by models with constant returns to scale.

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Acknowledgments

This research was partly supported by Grant No. 067-0000000-1076 of the Ministry of Science, Education and Sports of the Republic of Croatia. The authors are grateful to two anonymous referees whose suggestions improved the paper.

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  1. University Computing Centre, J. Marohnića 5, 10000, Zagreb, Croatia

    Dubravko Hunjet

  2. Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Zagreb, Trg J. F. Kennedy 6, 10000, Zagreb, Croatia

    Luka Neralić

  3. Katz Graduate School of Business, University of Pittsburgh, 262 Mervis Hall, Pittsburgh, PA, 15260, USA

    Richard E. Wendell

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Hunjet, D., Neralić, L. & Wendell, R.E. Evaluation of the dynamic efficiency of Croatian towns using Data Envelopment Analysis. Cent Eur J Oper Res 23, 675–686 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10100-014-0363-6

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