Advances in Efficiency and Productivity Analysis
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-030-47105-7 (ISBN)
The contributions in this volume focus on the theory and application of economics, econometrics, statistics, management science and operational research related to problems in the areas of productivity and efficiency measurement. Popular techniques and methodologies including stochastic frontier analysis and data envelopment analysis are represented. Chapters also cover broader issues related to measuring, understanding, incentivizing and improving the productivity and performance of firms, public services, and industries.
Christopher F. Parmeter is an associate professor at the University of Miami. His research focuses on applied econometrics across a broad array of fields in economics including economic growth, microfinance, international trade, environmental economics and health economics. Professor Parmeter has served as associate editor of the American Journal of Agricultural Economics , Empirical Economics , Journal of African Business and Journal of Productivity Analysis . Robin C. Sickles is the Reginald Henry Hargrove Professor of Economics, a Joint Professor at the Department of Statistics at Rice, and an Adjunct Professor at the Baylor College of Medicine. He is also a Research Associate at the Ovideo (Spain) Efficiency Group and a Member of Executive Committee for the International Finance and Banking Society. Professor Sickles is also the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Productivity Analysis . His research interests center around applied economics and empirical measurement of productivity.
Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. The Difference Approach to Productivity Measurement and Exact Indicators.- Chapter 3. Efficiency Driven Socio-Technical System Design.- Chapter 4. A Framework for the Assessment and Consolidation of Productivity Stylized Facts.- Chapter 5. Water's Contribution to Agricultural Productivity over Space.- Chapter 6. A Survey of the use of copulas in Stochastic frontier models.- Chapter 7. Does Xistence of Ine ciency Matter to a Neoclassical Xorcist? Some Econometric Issues in Panel Stochastic Frontier Models.- Chapter 8. The two-tier stochastic frontier framework (2TSF): measuring frontiers wherever they may exist.- Chapter 9. Individual Efficient Frontiers in Performance Analysis.- Chapter 10. DEA models without inputs or outputs: A tour de force.- Chapter 11. U.S. Banking in the Post-Crisis Era: New Results from New Methods.- Chapter 12. Room to Move: Why Some Industries Drive the Trade-Specialization Nexus and Others Do Not.- Chapter 13. Expansionary Investment Activities: Assessing Equipment and Buildings in Productivity.- Chapter 14. Applying statistical methods to compare frontiers: Are organic dairy farms better than the conventional?- Chapter 15. Nutrient Use and Precision Agriculture in Corn Production in the United States.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 23.10.2020 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Springer Proceedings in Business and Economics |
| Zusatzinfo | VI, 372 p. 29 illus., 12 illus. in color. |
| Verlagsort | Cham |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 155 x 235 mm |
| Gewicht | 727 g |
| Themenwelt | Wirtschaft ► Allgemeines / Lexika |
| Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management | |
| Schlagworte | Data envelopment analysis • Econometrics • Efficiency Measurement • Endogeneity • Management Science • Nonparametric • Operations Research • Performance Analysis • Productivity • Productivity growth • Productivity Measurement • Stochastic Frontier Analysis |
| ISBN-10 | 3-030-47105-5 / 3030471055 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-3-030-47105-7 / 9783030471057 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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