FDH Directional Distance Functions with an Application to European Commercial Banks

Weextend Free Disposable Hull (FDH) efficiency analysis towardsthe general directional distance function framework. The profitinterpretation of directional distance functions is extendedto the non-convex FDH technologies. In addition, we derive anefficient enumerative algorithm for computing distance measuresin Free Disposable Hull (FDH) technologies, which applies tothe entire (infinitely large) family of directional distancefunctions. A simple numerical example and an application to Europeancommercial banks illustrate the algorithm.

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