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A Nonparametric Efficiency Analysis for a Sample of Kansas Swine Operations

Rowland, William W.; Langemeier, Michael R.; Schurle, … - 1998

This study evaluates the economic competitiveness of a sample of Kansas farrow-to-finish operations by estimating relative firm efficiency using nonparametric mathematical programming techniques. Measures of technical, allocative, scale, economic, and overall efficiency are then related to farm...

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Fuzzy Frontiers of Production : Evidence of Persistent Inefficiency in Safety Expenditures

Ichniowski, Casey - 1984

This study documents a strong inverse relationship between accident rates and production in a sample of eleven firms in the same narrowly defined industry classification. Given the detailed set of input controls and controls for plant-specific and time-specific factors used in the analysis, the...

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A Multiple Output Stochastic Ray Frontier Production Model

Löthgren, Mickael - Economics Institute for Research (SIR), … - 1997

technical efficiency using a stochastic ray frontier production model A possible model extension is to incorporate a technical … efficiency effects model to allow estimation of the effects of various explanatory variables on technical efficiency. An … empirical application using Swedish health care data reveals a significant positive effect on technical efficiency of an …

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Performance Measurement in Government Service Provision: The Case of Police Services in New South Wales

Carrington, Roger; Puthucheary, Nara; Rose, Deirdre; … - In: Journal of Productivity Analysis 8 (1997) 4, pp. 415-430

The NSW Government is implementing a financial framework which is designed to encourage government service providers to become more efficient and effective. NSW Treasury is using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) to measure the efficiency of major government service providers, such as police,...

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A Stochastic Frontier Production Function with Flexible Risk Properties

Battese, G.; Rambaldi, A.; Wan, G. - In: Journal of Productivity Analysis 8 (1997) 3, pp. 269-280

This paper considers a stochastic frontier production function which has additive, heteroscedastic error structure. The model allows for negative or positive marginal production risks of inputs, as originally proposed by Just and Pope (1978). The technical efficiencies of individual firms in the...

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Functional Forms of Stochastic Frontier Production Functions and Models for Technical Inefficiency Effects: A Comparative Study for Wheat Farmers in Pakistan

Battese, George; Broca, Sumiter - In: Journal of Productivity Analysis 8 (1997) 4, pp. 395-414

This paper considers translog and Cobb-Douglas stochastic frontiers in which the technical inefficiency effects are defined by three different models. The models involved are the time-varying inefficiency model, proposed by Battese and Coelli (1992), the inefficiency effects model for panel...

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A Graph-Type Extension of Farrell Technical Efficiency Measure

Briec, W. - In: Journal of Productivity Analysis 8 (1997) 1, pp. 95-110

efficiency in the full input–output space. This approach introduces a graph-type extension of the Farrell measure of technical … efficiency. The second is the introduction of a weighting scheme for inputs and outputs, taking account of the particularity of …

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China's spatial disparity within the context of industrial production efficiency : a macro study by data-envelopment analysis (DEA) system

Tong, Christopher Shiu Pui - In: China's economic growth and transition : macroeconomic, …, (pp. 258-272). 1997

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Future of irrigation and drainage in Pakistan

Faruqee, Rashid - In: The Pakistan development review : PDR 36 (1997) 4,2, pp. 565-588

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The comparative efficiency and productivity of labor-managed and capital-managed firms

Doucouliagos, Chris - In: Review of radical political economics 29 (1997) 2, pp. 45-69

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