Winners in the urban champions league – A performance assessment of Japanese cities by means of dynamic and super-efficient DEA

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-ca...

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Main Authors: Soushi Suzuki, Peter Nijkamp
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-04-01
Series:Journal of Urban Management
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2226585617300614
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spelling doaj-cd11af51d5fd4ed4bcd860189d2a40272021-05-02T15:46:02ZengElsevierJournal of Urban Management2226-58562018-04-0171620Winners in the urban champions league – A performance assessment of Japanese cities by means of dynamic and super-efficient DEASoushi Suzuki0Peter Nijkamp1Hokkai-Gakuen University, Department of Life Science and Technology, 1-1, South26 West 11, Chuo-ku, Sapporo 064-0926, Japan; Corresponding author.Tinbergen Institute, Gustav Mahlerplein 117, 1082 MS, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; A.Mickiewicz University, ul. Bogumila Krygowskiego 10, Poznan, PolandThis 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. Keywords: Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA), Distance Friction Minimization (DFM), super-efficiency, Target-oriented (TO) model, Dynamic DEA model, performance assessment, Japanese citieshttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2226585617300614
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Winners in the urban champions league – A performance assessment of Japanese cities by means of dynamic and super-efficient DEA
Journal of Urban Management
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Peter Nijkamp
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title Winners in the urban champions league – A performance assessment of Japanese cities by means of dynamic and super-efficient DEA
title_short Winners in the urban champions league – A performance assessment of Japanese cities by means of dynamic and super-efficient DEA
title_full Winners in the urban champions league – A performance assessment of Japanese cities by means of dynamic and super-efficient DEA
title_fullStr Winners in the urban champions league – A performance assessment of Japanese cities by means of dynamic and super-efficient DEA
title_full_unstemmed Winners in the urban champions league – A performance assessment of Japanese cities by means of dynamic and super-efficient DEA
title_sort winners in the urban champions league – a performance assessment of japanese cities by means of dynamic and super-efficient dea
publisher Elsevier
series Journal of Urban Management
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publishDate 2018-04-01
description 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. Keywords: Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA), Distance Friction Minimization (DFM), super-efficiency, Target-oriented (TO) model, Dynamic DEA model, performance assessment, Japanese cities
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