Measuring the technical efficiency of public service broadcasters: An application of DEA in Spain

The excessive debt of the Spanish economy in the last few year raises the issue of efffciency in the management of public resources. Within this context, this research measures the technical effciency of regional public service broadcasters (PSBs) in Spain using data envelopment analysis (DEA). The...

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Published in:Revista de métodos cuantitativos para la economía y la empresa 2016, Vol.21, p.5-20
Main Authors: Orive Serrano, Víctor, Latorre Martínez, Pilar, Artero Muñoz, Juan Pablo
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Broadcasting industry
Data envelopment analysis
effciency
Efficiency
input
Measurement
Media
output
Outsourcing
public service broadcasters
Public services
Quality of service
Spain
Television
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Summary:The excessive debt of the Spanish economy in the last few year raises the issue of efffciency in the management of public resources. Within this context, this research measures the technical effciency of regional public service broadcasters (PSBs) in Spain using data envelopment analysis (DEA). The results indicate that several corporations are not effcient and they need to make decisions regarding some of their inputs to guarantee their sustainability. In addition, those PSBs following a management model based on outsourcing are more effcient. This research also provides a theoretical framework and a methodological application for the measurement of effciency in the public service media sector.
ISSN:1886-516X
1886-516X