Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/194433 
Year of Publication: 
2018
Citation: 
[Journal:] Journal of Urban Management [ISSN:] 2226-5856 [Volume:] 7 [Issue:] 1 [Publisher:] Elsevier [Place:] Amsterdam [Year:] 2018 [Pages:] 6-20
Publisher: 
Elsevier, Amsterdam
Abstract: 
This paper aims to provide an advanced dynamic efficiency assessment methodology for city performance strategies in Japan, based on an extended and super-efficient Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). The use of this novel efficiency-improving approach originates from earlier research based on the so-called Distance Friction Minimisation (DFM) method. In the present study we develop a new multi-period model from a blend of a Target-Oriented (TO) DFM model including a dynamic approach. This new model is able to present a more realistic efficiency improvement projection comprising a dynamic system of target-settings to achieve a target improvement level so as to programme more realistic policy actions. The above-mentioned Dynamic TO-DFM model will be applied to and tested for a multi-dimensional efficiency assessment of several large Japanese cities. In this study, we consider due to comparative data limitations, two inputs (population and city budget) and two outputs (GDP and tax revenues). Based on these items, this study assesses the relative economic performance of 16 Japanese big cities by means of the above described, extended super-efficient DEA model. Finally, we present an efficiency improvement programme based on the Dynamic TO-DFM model for enhancing the position of inefficient cites.
Subjects: 
Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA)
Distance Friction Minimization (DFM)
Dynamic DEA model
Japanese cities
performance assessment
super-efficiency
Target-oriented (TO) model
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Document Type: 
Article

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