Aggregation, efficiency, and measurement

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Aggregation, efficiency, and measurement

edited by Rolf Färe, Shawna Grosskopf, Daniel Primont

(Studies in productivity and efficiency / series editor, Rolf Färe, Shawna Grosskopf, R. Robert Russell)

Springer, 2007

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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Description

This volume brings together leading scholars to make connections between efficiency and a number of diverse areas of current interest to economists. Included are new results concerning aggregation of technical efficiency, sources of productivity growth in U.S. manufacturing, intellectual property rights, and the determinants of successful mergers.

Table of Contents

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.

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  • NCID
    BA81614705
  • ISBN
    • 9780387369488
  • LCCN
    2006935262
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    New York
  • Pages/Volumes
    xviii, 156 p.
  • Size
    24 cm
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