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X-Efficiency: Theory, Evidence and Applications

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  • © 1997

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Authors:
  1. Roger S. Frantz

    1. San Diego State University, San Diego, USA

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Part of the book series: Topics in Regulatory Economics and Policy (TREP, volume 23)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
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  2. Introduction

    • Roger S. Frantz
    Pages 1-6

  3. Production, Cost, and Welfare: A Review

    • Roger S. Frantz
    Pages 7-16

  4. X-Efficiency: The Intellectual Setting and an Introduction to the Theory

    • Roger S. Frantz
    Pages 17-33

  5. X-Efficiency Theory: 1

    • Roger S. Frantz
    Pages 35-43

  6. X-Efficiency Theory: 2

    • Roger S. Frantz
    Pages 45-62

  7. Empirical Evidence: Regulated Industries

    • Roger S. Frantz
    Pages 63-82

  8. Empirical Evidence: Market Structure and Firm Organization

    • Roger S. Frantz
    Pages 83-106

  9. Empirical Evidence: Input Ratios and International Trade

    • Roger S. Frantz
    Pages 107-126

  10. X-Efficiency, Its Critics, and a Reply

    • Roger S. Frantz
    Pages 127-144

  11. Implications and Conclusions

    • Roger S. Frantz
    Pages 145-151

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 153-167
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About this book

My interest in X-Efficiency (XE) dates back to 1978. At the time, I was writing the dissertation for my Ph. D. at Washington State University. My dissertation was concerned with the role of attitudes in the school-to-work transition among young men. I was advised by Professor Millard Hastay (a member of my committee) to look at Leibenstein's "new" book, Beyond Economic Man. One of the things that caught my attention was his behavioral description of (selective) rationality. It seemed that Leibenstein' s behavioral description of a (selectively) rational individ­ ual was very similar to what psychologists such as Abraham Maslow were reporting as being the product of a particular motivational system. In other words, I was impressed with the idea that what Leibenstein was referring to as X-inefficiency was being discussed by psychologists as "the way it (often) is. " So from the beginning I always considered the concept ofX-(in)efficiency to be a valuable one for understanding human behavior. I have since come to believe that this is particularly true when considering behavior in non-market environments, i. e. , within the firm. Work on this book, however, can most realistically said to have started with work which I began in 1982 while I was a Visiting Scholar at Harvard University. Professor Leibenstein suggested that I consider how some empirical evidence which was being cited as evidence for the role of property rights might also be consistent with XE theory. (The consistency, in both directions, is considerable.

Authors and Affiliations

  • San Diego State University, San Diego, USA

    Roger S. Frantz

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: X-Efficiency: Theory, Evidence and Applications

  • Authors: Roger S. Frantz

  • Series Title: Topics in Regulatory Economics and Policy

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-6265-8

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1997

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-9768-7Published: 31 May 1997

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4613-7875-4Published: 12 October 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4615-6265-8Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 2730-7468

  • Series E-ISSN: 2730-7476

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIX, 167

  • Topics: Microeconomics, Industrial Organization

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