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Global Malmquist and cost Malmquist indexes for group comparison
The Malmquist index (MI) has demonstrated its usefulness in comparing the performances of Decision Making Units (DMUs) performances. The global MI...
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A firm-specific Malmquist productivity index model for stochastic data envelopment analysis: an application to commercial banks
In the data envelopment analysis (DEA) literature, productivity change captured by the Malmquist productivity index, especially in terms of a...
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Productivity analysis: roots, foundations, trends and perspectives
The goal of this article is to give a brief overview of productivity analysis, starting with general concepts, its importance and a brief historical...
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Quadratic-mean-of-order-r indexes of output, input and productivity
This paper deals with the quadratic-mean-of-order- r indexes of output, input and productivity. Each index is a family of indexes that unify many of...
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On aggregation of multi-factor productivity indexes
The goal of this paper is to investigate the question of the importance of aggregation of the Paasche and Laspeyres versions of the Malmquist...
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Conceptualization and Measurement of Productivity Growth and Technical Change: A Nonparametric Approach
The famous Solow residual measures productivity change as the difference between the growth rates of output and input. Under constant returns to...
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Assessing environmentally sensitive productivity growth: incorporating externalities and heterogeneity into water sector evaluations
The drinking water and wastewater services often involve heterogenous production environments and considerable negative externalities such as...
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Technological Catch-Up, Innovation, and Productivity Analysis of National Innovation Systems in Develo** Countries in Africa 2010–2018
This study investigates the levels and determinants of regional innovation catch-up, frontier shift, and productivity growth of African national...
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Report on Carbon Productivity and Sustainable Development of China’s Special Economic Zones
The framework for the analysis of total factor productivity has been adopted, material resource input is characterized with DMI indexes, undesirable...
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The evaluation of productivity in South African deciduous fruit industry: evidence from stone and pome fruits
This study examines the total factor productivity (TFP) of the South African deciduous fruit sector over an 8-year period (2014–2021), using...
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Conceptualization and Measurement of Productivity Growth and Technical Change: A Nonparametric Approach
The famous Solow residual measures productivity change as the difference between the growth rates of output and input. Under constant returns to...
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Growing green: enablers and barriers for Africa
Discussions about green growth transition in Africa have mostly been silent on quantifying Africa’s progress and assessing countries’ “green" versus...
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Production Economics and Economic Efficiency
This introductory chapter focuses on the different efficiency concepts, which are the base for the following chapters, highlighting their special...
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The Impact of Free-Trade Zones on Total Factor Productivity: Evidence from China
Utilizing panel data for 284 prefecture-level cities in China from 2007–2018, this study evaluates the impact of free-trade zones (FTZs) on local...
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Aggregation of Efficiency and Productivity: From Firm to Sector and Higher Levels
Here we consider various cases where researchers are interested in measuring aggregate efficiency or productivity levels or their changes for a group...
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Climate change and urban total factor productivity: evidence from capital cities and municipalities in China
This paper studies climate change impacts on total factor productivity (TFP) in China using economic and climatic data for provincial capital cities...
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Driving Global Innovation Convergence: Evidence of 104 Countries’ Productivity and Efficiencies of National Innovation System
The extant evidence considers innovation as one critical determinant of economic growth. The studies on the performance of the National Innovation...
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Information and Communication Technologies and Labor Productivity: A Dynamic Slacks-Based Data Envelopment Analysis
The current paper analyzes the efficiency displayed by 24 European Union (EU) countries when fostering labor productivity and the value added via ICT...
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The Impact of Electricity Consumption on Green Total Factor Productivity: Evidence from Chinese Provinces
Under the constraints of the “dual carbon” goals, improving green total factor productivity (GTFP) has become an important guarantee for reducing...
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Investigating the Relative Efficiency and Productivity Change of Upper Secondary Schools: the Case of Schools in the Region of Central Greece
The study investigates the relative efficiency and productivity change of upper secondary schools in the region of Central Greece during the period...
