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Efficiency analysis of the OECD countries' long-term productivity using DEA and TOPSIS approaches

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BENCHMARKING-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL
Volume -, Issue -, Pages -

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EMERALD GROUP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1108/BIJ-11-2021-0662

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Efficiency; Productivity; Data envelopment analysis; TOPSIS; Political regime; Freedom of religion

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This study aims to investigate the long-term productivity performance of OECD countries from 1975 to 2018. The findings suggest that countries with higher freedom of religion and with Presidential democracy regimes are positively associated with higher productivity.
PurposeThis paper aims to investigate the performance of OECD countries' long-term productivity during the period of 1975-2018.Design/methodology/approachThis study employed different approaches to evaluate how efficiency scores vary with changes in inputs and outputs: Data Envelopment Analysis (CRS, VRS and FDH), TOPSIS and TOPSIS of these scores.FindingsThe findings suggest that, during the period of this study, countries with higher freedom of religion and with Presidential democracy regimes are positively associated with higher productivity.Originality/valueTo the best of the authors' knowledge, this is the first study that uses efficiency models to assess the productivity levels of OECD countries based on several contextual variables that can potentially affect it.

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