An introduction to efficiency and productivity analysis
Published:
2005
Publisher:
Springer, New York [u.a]
The second edition of An Introduction to Efficiency and Productivity Analysis is designed to be a general introduction for those who wish to study efficiency and productivity analysis. The book provides an accessible, well-written introduction to the...
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The second edition of An Introduction to Efficiency and Productivity Analysis is designed to be a general introduction for those who wish to study efficiency and productivity analysis. The book provides an accessible, well-written introduction to the four principal methods involved: econometric estimation of average response models; index numbers, data envelopment analysis (DEA); and stochastic frontier analysis (SFA). For each method, a detailed introduction to the basic concepts is presented, numerical examples are provided, and some of the more important extensions to the basic methods are
Online-Ressource (XVII, 349 S.),
graph. Darst.,
25 cm
Notes:
Rev. ed. of: An introduction to efficiency and productivity analysis / by Tim Coelli ... - c1998
Literaturverz. S. [327] - 339
Introduction; Review of Production Economics; Productivity and Efficiency Measurement Concepts; Index Numbers and Productivity Measurement; Data and Measurement Issues; Data Envelopment Analysis; Additional Topics on Data Envelopment Analysis; Econometric Estimation of Production Technologies; Stochastic Frontier Analysis; Additional Topics on Stochastic Frontier Analysis; The Calculation and Decomposition of Productivity Change Using Frontier Methods; Conclusions;