Assessment of efficiency in Visegrad countries and regions using DEA models

Abstract

This paper applies Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA)

Regional eco-efficiency of the agricultural sector in V4 regions, its dynamics in time and decomposition on the technological and pure technical eco-efficiency change

“…With the specialization on the more concrete goals or areas on the regional level, the number of eco-efficiency units is falling because more environmental indicators have to be taken into consideration. In the case of eco-efficient evaluation in the context of EU growth strategies implementation, just 4 V4 regions are eco-efficient -CZ02: Central Bohemia, CZ04: Northwest, PL42: Zachodniopomorskie, and SK01: Brati-slava region (Staníčková & Melecký, 2012). On the contrary Rybaczewska-Błazejowska and Masternak-Janus ( 2018) analyze the Poland regions´ ecoefficiency with no specific orientation and conclude that 4 of the sixteen Polish regions are being eco-efficient (Wielkopolskie, Podlaskie, Warminsko-Mazurskie, and Mazowieckie), while with an orientation on the analyzed agriculture sector just 2 Polish regions are eco-efficient -region PL21: Malopolskie and region PL41: Wielkopolskie.…”

“…On the macro level, the orientation on the more specific goals doesn´t influence the eco-efficiency results so significantly as on the meso level, because countries are not as differentiated as regions in terms of competitive advantages. In the context of the EU growth strategies, Staníčková and Melecký (2012) conclude that the Slovak and the Czech Republic are the most efficient V4 countries too.…”

“…Agricultural eco-efficiency is evaluated by applying the Malmquist productivity index, computed by output-oriented data envelopment analysis models with a constant return to scale. Measuring V4 regions ecoefficiency level can be based on the following procedure scheme, shown in Table 1 (Staníčková & Melecký, 2012).…”

Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on European Integration 2024

“…Therefore, governments, in the long run, cannot focus alone on the economic competitiveness of their country. Instead, they need an integrated approach to govern the country and to contribute to competitiveness from a broader perspective (Staníčková, 2012;.…”