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A DDF based model for efficiency evaluation in two-stage DEA

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In some cases, decision making units have a two-stage structure, in which the first stage uses inputs to produce outputs that are subsequently used as inputs for the second stage. This paper departs from previous two-stage data envelopment analysis by proposing a new combined model, based on directional distance function, that improves the accuracy of the efficiency scores under constant returns to scale production technologies. We compare the proposed model with the existing ones in the literature by means of a numerical analysis, showing its applicability.

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The authors express their sincere thanks to the referees for their comments on the earlier version of this paper and their helpful suggestions.

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  1. COPPEAD Graduate Business School, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rua Paschoal Lemme, 355, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    P. F. Wanke

  2. Department of Mathematics, Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran

    A. Hadi-Vencheh & A. Forghani

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Wanke, P.F., Hadi-Vencheh, A. & Forghani, A. A DDF based model for efficiency evaluation in two-stage DEA. Optim Lett 12, 1029–1044 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11590-017-1162-5

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