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Universities as an input-output system, its size is an important factor in education efficiency of investment. We use the 2006 financial report data of 76 institutions directly under the Ministry of Education, use CCR, BCC and NIRS models of DEA to empirical analysis, finds many universities exist scale diseconomies phenomenon, but the scale economies in kinds of universities are different.
In multi-attribute auctions, score auction is the most prevalent mechanism in practical application. We consider the second-score auction protocol because of its properties of incentive compatibility and individual rationality. In the paper, we use the theory of production possibilities set in DEA to analyze the second-score auction. With the DEA-based cost norms, we revise the payment rule in the...
Developing sustainable urban environments is complex as it requires consideration of interacting social, economic and environmental sustain ability factors. The task is made even more difficult by the wide variety of stakeholders (e.g. planners, architects, businesses and the public) that may be involved in the process and the lack of a common language for all to understand. This paper describes a...
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