@article {Lothgren:1999:0003-6846:1231,
title = "Testing scale efficiency in DEA models: a bootstrapping approach",
journal = "Applied Economics",
parent_itemid = "infobike://routledg/raef",
publishercode ="routledg",
year = "1999",
volume = "31",
number = "10",
publication date ="1999-10-01T00:00:00",
pages = "1231-1237",
itemtype = "ARTICLE",
issn = "0003-6846",
eissn = "1466-4283",
url = "https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/routledg/raef/1999/00000031/00000010/art00008",
doi = "doi:10.1080/000368499323445",
author = "Lothgren, Mickael and Tambour, Magnus",
abstract = "This paper presents a method for estimation and test of firm-specific scale efficiency using data envelopment analysis (DEA). The use of a simple bootstrap algorithm is proposed to perform firm-specific inference for scale efficiency. An empirical application using Swedish hospital data is provided. It is found that about 40% of the departments were scale efficient according to the original results. However, for about one-third of those departments the hypothesis of scale efficiency could be rejected.",
}