Overview
- Presents recent advances and rigorously developed papers covering productivity and efficiency analysis from NAPW X
- Includes worldwide perspectives and challenges that local economies and institutions may face when changes in productivity are observed
- Editors are respected names in the field
Part of the book series: Springer Proceedings in Business and Economics (SPBE)
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Conference proceedings info: NAPW 2018.
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Table of contents (15 papers)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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Advances in Efficiency and Productivity Analysis
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About this book
The contributions in this volume focus on the theory and application of economics, econometrics, statistics, management science and operational research related to problems in the areas of productivity and efficiency measurement. Popular techniques and methodologies including stochastic frontier analysis and data envelopment analysis are represented. Chapters also cover broader issues related to measuring, understanding, incentivizing and improving the productivity and performance of firms, public services, and industries.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Robin C. Sickles is the Reginald Henry Hargrove Professor of Economics, a Joint Professor at the Department of Statistics at Rice, and an Adjunct Professor at the Baylor College of Medicine. He is also a Research Associate at the Ovideo (Spain) Efficiency Group and a Member of Executive Committee for the International Finance and Banking Society. Professor Sickles is also the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Productivity Analysis. His research interests center around applied economics and empirical measurement of productivity.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Advances in Efficiency and Productivity Analysis
Editors: Christopher F. Parmeter, Robin C. Sickles
Series Title: Springer Proceedings in Business and Economics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-47106-4
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Business and Management, Business and Management (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-47105-7Published: 22 October 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-47108-8Published: 23 October 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-47106-4Published: 21 October 2020
Series ISSN: 2198-7246
Series E-ISSN: 2198-7254
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VI, 372
Number of Illustrations: 17 b/w illustrations, 12 illustrations in colour
Topics: Operations Research/Decision Theory, Econometrics, Public Administration