Journal: Journal of Productivity Analysis

Found 189 papers in total
Dual allocative efficiency parameters
Dual allocative efficiency parameters
2012,
Estimation of either price or quantity allocative efficiency parameters provides an...
Boundary problems with the ‘Russell’ graph measure of technical efficiency: a refinement
Boundary problems with the ‘Russell’ graph measure of technical efficiency: a refinement
2012,
In an influential paper, Färe and Lovell (J Econ Theory 19:150–162, 1978)...
Firm efficiency and stock returns
Firm efficiency and stock returns
2012,
In this paper, we investigate the role of firm efficiency in asset pricing using a...
The measurement of productivity in the nonmarket sector
The measurement of productivity in the nonmarket sector
2012,
In many sectors of the economy, governments either provide various services at no cost...
Problems with (dis)aggregating productivity, and another productivity paradox
Problems with (dis)aggregating productivity, and another productivity paradox
2012,
Using a standard definition of productivity growth, it is shown that a country may...
Profit efficiency in the European Union banking industry: a directional technology distance function approach
Profit efficiency in the European Union banking industry: a directional technology distance function approach
2012,
We employ the directional technology distance function approach and present estimates...
Production under uncertainty: a simulation study
Production under uncertainty: a simulation study
2013,
In this paper we model production technology in a state‐contingent framework....
A simple closed‐form approximation for the cumulative distribution function of the composite error of stochastic frontier models
A simple closed‐form approximation for the cumulative distribution function of the composite error of stochastic frontier models
2013,
This paper derives an analytic closed‐form formula for the cumulative...
Regulation and cost efficiency in the European railways industry
Regulation and cost efficiency in the European railways industry
2013,
The objective of this article is to analyze European railways’ incentives to...
Structural breaks, rural transformation and total factor productivity growth in China
Structural breaks, rural transformation and total factor productivity growth in China
2013,
This paper carries out an empirical investigation into the contribution of rural...
Count data stochastic frontier models, with an application to the patents–R&D relationship
Count data stochastic frontier models, with an application to the patents–R&D relationship
2013,
This article introduces a new count data stochastic frontier model that researchers...
Estimating production frontiers and efficiency when output is a discretely distributed economic bad
Estimating production frontiers and efficiency when output is a discretely distributed economic bad
2013,
This article studies the estimation of production frontiers and efficiency scores when...
Environmental externalities and regulation constrained cost productivity growth in the US electric utility industry
Environmental externalities and regulation constrained cost productivity growth in the US electric utility industry
2013,
This paper examines whether having to comply with Phase 1 of Title IV of the 1990...
Output complexity, environmental conditions, and the efficiency of municipalities
Output complexity, environmental conditions, and the efficiency of municipalities
2013,
Over the last few years, many studies have analyzed the efficiency of local...
Assessing the evolution of school performance and value‐added: trends over four years
Assessing the evolution of school performance and value‐added: trends over four years
2013,
This paper explores the changes in value added (VA) of a sample of schools for cohorts...
Another approach for estimating RTS in dynamic DEA
Another approach for estimating RTS in dynamic DEA
2013,
Recently, in some papers in the field of operations research the performance analysis...
Measuring performance, development and growth when restricting flexibility
Measuring performance, development and growth when restricting flexibility
2013,
In industries with heterogeneous firms and fast‐changing productivity, it is...
Seasonality, consumer heterogeneity and price indexes: the case of prepackaged software
Seasonality, consumer heterogeneity and price indexes: the case of prepackaged software
2013,
This paper measures constant‐quality price change for prepackaged software in...
Measuring scale efficiency from a parametric hyperbolic distance function
Measuring scale efficiency from a parametric hyperbolic distance function
2013,
This paper shows how scale efficiency can be measured from an arbitrary parametric...
Further model‐based estimates of US total manufacturing production capital and technology, 1949–2005
Further model‐based estimates of US total manufacturing production capital and technology, 1949–2005
2013,
Production capital and technology (i.e., total factor productivity) in US...
Data aggregation in stochastic frontier models: the closed skew normal distribution
Data aggregation in stochastic frontier models: the closed skew normal distribution
2013,
The effect of aggregation on estimates of stochastic frontier functions is considered....
Performance trends in the construction industry worldwide: an overview of the turn of the century
Performance trends in the construction industry worldwide: an overview of the turn of the century
2013,
This paper presents an exploratory study to assess the efficiency level of...
Estimating the impact on efficiency of the adoption of a voluntary environmental standard: an empirical study of the global copper mining industry
Estimating the impact on efficiency of the adoption of a voluntary environmental standard: an empirical study of the global copper mining industry
2013,
This paper uses data on the world’s copper mining industry to measure the impact...
The R&D and productivity relationship of Korean listed firms
The R&D and productivity relationship of Korean listed firms
2011,
This study analyzes the relationship between R&D investment and the productivity...
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