11-110/3 - Regional Efficiency Improvement by Means of Data Envelopment Analysis through Euclidean Distance Minimization including Fixed Input Factors - An Application to Tourist Regions in Italy


  • Authors
    Soushi Suzuki, Sapporo University, Sapporo, Japan; Peter Nijkamp, VU University Amsterdam; Piet Rietveld, VU University Amsterdam
  • Publication date
    August 9, 2011
  • Keywords
    Euclidean Distance Minimization (EDM), Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA), Multiple Objective Quadratic Programming (MOQP), efficiency improving projection, tourist efficiency
  • JEL
    C44, D610, L830, R150