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Applications of Modern Production Theory

Efficiency and Productivity

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  • © 1988

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Editors:
  1. Ali Dogramaci

    1. Rutgers University, USA

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  2. Rolf Färe

    1. Department of Economics, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, USA

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Part of the book series: Studies in Productivity Analysis (SPAN, volume 9)

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Part One

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. A Comparison of Alternative Approaches to the Measurement of Productive Efficiency

      • C. A. Knox Lovell, Peter Schmidt
      Pages 3-32

    3. A Comparison of DEA and Translog Estimates of Production Frontiers Using Simulated Observations from a Known Technology

      • Rajiv D. Banker, Abraham Charnes, William W. Cooper, Ajay Maindiratta
      Pages 33-55

  3. Part Two

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 57-57
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    2. Stochastic Frontier Inefficiency and Firm Size for Selected Industries of the Belgian Manufacturing Sector: Some New Evidence

      • Julien van den Broeck
      Pages 59-101

    3. Sources of Differences in Agricultural Productivity Growth among Socialist Countries

      • Lung-Fai Wong, Vernon W. Ruttan
      Pages 103-130

    4. Cost Pressures and Relative Productivity in Canadian Telecommunications Firms

      • Michael Denny, Alain de Fontenay
      Pages 131-148

    5. Allocative Inefficiency in the Airline Industry: A Case for Deregulation

      • Robin C. Sickles
      Pages 149-162

    6. Capacity Utilization and Productivity Measurement: An Application to the U.S. Automobile Industry

      • Catherine J. Morrison
      Pages 163-193

    7. The Effect of Shifts in the Composition of Employment on Labor Productivity Growth: Canada 1971–1979

      • Peter Chinloy
      Pages 195-220

  4. Part Three

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 221-221
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    2. Measuring Shadow Price Efficiency

      • Rolf Färe, Shawna Grosskopf
      Pages 223-234

    3. General Homothetic Production Correspondences

      • King-Tim Mak
      Pages 235-249

    4. Efficiency in Production and Consumption

      • Sydney N. Afriat
      Pages 251-268

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 269-275
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Rutgers University, USA

    Ali Dogramaci

  • Department of Economics, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, USA

    Rolf Färe

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Applications of Modern Production Theory

  • Book Subtitle: Efficiency and Productivity

  • Editors: Ali Dogramaci, Rolf Färe

  • Series Title: Studies in Productivity Analysis

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3253-1

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston 1988

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-89838-182-5Published: 31 January 1988

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-7959-4Published: 26 September 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-3253-1Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 276

  • Topics: Econometrics, Operations Research/Decision Theory

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