A Note on Measuring Technical Efficiency

I argue that much of what researchers have been measuring as technical inefficiency may be allocative inefficiency. When inputs are aggregated it is shown that any allocative inefficiency is manifested as technical inefficiency. Greater degrees of aggregation may produce lower measures of technical efficiency.

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Year of publication:	1987-06
Authors:	Tauer, Loren W.
Institutions:	Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University
Subject:	Productivity Analysis \| Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	Staff Papers.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	The text is part of a series Department of Applied Economics and Management>Staff Papers Number 186655
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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