This article reviewed several empirical DEA studies in the academic field of public administration in Korea. Defects of the studies reviewed in this article could be categorized in four folds- relying on theoretical and a priori variable selections pr...
This article reviewed several empirical DEA studies in the academic field of public administration in Korea. Defects of the studies reviewed in this article could be categorized in four folds- relying on theoretical and a priori variable selections process, lack of efforts to demonstrate and utilize the major informations extractable from DEA, running unsuitable post-DEA analysis, and lack of attention to improved methods to surmount drawbacks of DEA. Some proposals for better use of DEA have been suggested concerning the validity of DEA model, the practical use of reference groups, the inclusion of longitudinal point of view, and the proper post-DEA analysis methods.