The Measurement of Productive Efficiency: Techniques and Applications

Contents......Page 10
1. Production Frontiers and Productive Efficiency......Page 16
2. The Econometric Approach to Efficiency Analysis......Page 81
3. The Mathematical Programming Approach to Efficiency Analysis......Page 133
4. Efficiency and Productivity......Page 173
5. Earnings Frontiers and Labor Market Efficiency......Page 210
6. Unionization and Productive Efficiency......Page 223
7. Do Physicians Minimize Cost?......Page 234
8. A Production Frontier Model with Flexible Temporal Variation in Technical Inefficiency......Page 250
9. Technical Efficiency and Technical Progress in Swedish Dairy Farms......Page 269
10. Technical Efficiency in New Jersey School Districts......Page 284
11. Share Tenancy and Efficiency in U.S. Agriculture......Page 301
12. Cost Efficiency in Belgian Municipalities......Page 313
13. Technical Efficiency in Veterans Administration Hospitals......Page 348
14. Productivity Growth in Norwegian Ferries......Page 365
15. Efficiency and Competition in O.E.C.D. Financial Services......Page 387
16. Efficiency and Productivity Growth in U.S. Banking......Page 399
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