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The Measurement of Efficiency of Production

Part of the book series: Studies in Productivity Analysis (SPAN, volume 6)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
  2. Introduction

    • Rolf Färe, Shawna Grosskopf, C. A. Knox Lovell
    Pages 1-19
  3. The Structure of Production Technology

    • Rolf Färe, Shawna Grosskopf, C. A. Knox Lovell
    Pages 21-48
  4. Radial Input Efficiency Measures

    • Rolf Färe, Shawna Grosskopf, C. A. Knox Lovell
    Pages 49-77
  5. Radial Output Efficiency Measures

    • Rolf Färe, Shawna Grosskopf, C. A. Knox Lovell
    Pages 79-105
  6. Hyperbolic Graph Efficiency Measures

    • Rolf Färe, Shawna Grosskopf, C. A. Knox Lovell
    Pages 107-130
  7. A Comparison of Input, Output, and Graph Efficiency Measures

    • Rolf Färe, Shawna Grosskopf, C. A. Knox Lovell
    Pages 131-139
  8. Nonradial Efficiency Measures

    • Rolf Färe, Shawna Grosskopf, C. A. Knox Lovell
    Pages 141-162
  9. Measures of Scale Efficiency

    • Rolf Färe, Shawna Grosskopf, C. A. Knox Lovell
    Pages 163-186
  10. Toward Empirical Implementation

    • Rolf Färe, Shawna Grosskopf, C. A. Knox Lovell
    Pages 187-199
  11. Back Matter

    Pages 201-216

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Measurement of Efficiency of Production

  • Authors: Rolf Färe, Shawna Grosskopf, C. A. Knox Lovell

  • Series Title: Studies in Productivity Analysis

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-7721-2

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1985

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-89838-155-9Published: 30 April 1985

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-5813-3Published: 16 December 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-015-7721-2Published: 17 April 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 216

  • Topics: Econometrics, Operations Management, Economics, general

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