Aggregation, Efficiency, and Measurement

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Färe, Rolf (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Grosskopf, Shawna (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Primont, Daniel (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2007.
• Σειρά: Studies in Productivity and Efficiency
• Θέματα: Operations research.; Decision making.; Economic theory.; Microeconomics.; Economics.; Economic Theory/Quantitative Economics/Mathematical Methods.; Operation Research/Decision Theory.

This volume presents the work of leading scholars in the areas of aggregation, efficiency, and measurement, covering both theoretical and empirical aspects of the field. Among the topics included are new results concerning aggregation of technical efficiency, properties and estimation of directional...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• The Pareto-Optima of Finite-Horizon OLG Models
• Derivative Properties of Directional Technology Distance Functions
• Synergistic Mergers in an Agency Context: An Illustration of the Interaction of the Observability Problem and Synergistic Merger
• The Le Chatelier Principle in Data Envelopment Analysis
• Finding Common Ground: Efficiency Indices
• Sources of Manufacturing Productivity Growth: U.S. States 1990–1999
• Nonparametric Estimation of Higher-Order Moments of Technical Efficiency
• Measuring Inefficiency with Endogenous Innovation
• Don’t Aggregate Efficiency But Disaggregate Inefficiency.