Analysing technical and allocative efficiency in the French grocery retailing<br />industry

International audienceThis paper focuses on the innovative two-stage procedure developed by Simar and<br />Wilson to estimate the determinants of French retailing efficiency. During the first stage,<br />the technical and allocative efficiency of French retailers will be assessed using the DEA<br />(Data Envelopment Analysis) methodology to identify the best companies, in order to<br />serve as peers for improving the performance of weaker companies. The companies<br />analysed have therefore been ranked according to their total productivity over the<br />period 2000–2004. During the second stage, the Simar and Wilson model will be used to<br />bootstrap DEA scores via a truncated regression. The economic and managerial<br />implications arising from this study will also be considered