Study on the efficiency of logistics industry in China based on three- stage DEA model

Author

Yan, Bangquan ; Zhang, Jiansheng

Author_Institution

Sch. of Econ. & Manage., Chongqing Three Gorges Univ., Chongqing, China

fYear

2011

fDate

8-10 Aug. 2011

Firstpage

3391

Lastpage

3394

Abstract

The paper analysed the efficiency of logistics industry in 31 provinces of China in 2009 by three-stage DEA model. The empirical results are as follows: firstly, the technical efficiency of 31 provinces is low, with the average of 0. 468, and the reason is the lack of scale efficiency; secondly, the development of logistics industry in East, Central and West of China differs wildly, specifically speaking, the one in East of China is the best and the one in West of China is the Worst; thirdly, if the effects of exogenous environmental variables and random shocks are not controlled, the pure technical efficiency of 31 provinces will be underestimated, and scale efficiency value will be often overestimated which will lead to the underestimation of comprehensive technical efficiency.

Keywords

data envelopment analysis; logistics; China; comprehensive technical efficiency; exogenous environmental variable; logistics industry; scale efficiency value; three-stage DEA model; Analytical models; Data models; Economics; Industries; Investments; Logistics; Mathematical model; Industrial efficiency; logistics industry; three-stage DEA;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Artificial Intelligence, Management Science and Electronic Commerce (AIMSEC), 2011 2nd International Conference on

Conference_Location

Deng Leng

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-0535-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AIMSEC.2011.6011279

Filename

6011279