Index Numbers: Essays in Honour of Sten Malmquist

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ESSAY 1 Distance Functions In Consumer and Producer Theory1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Distance-Function Representations of Technologies or Preference Orderings -- 1.3 Distance Functions as Technical Efficiency Indexes -- 1.4 Duality and the Distance function -- 1.5 Distance Functions and Index Numbers -- 1.6 Concluding Remarks -- ESSAY 2 Input Price, Quantity, and Productivity Indexes For A Revenue-Contrained Firm -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Primal and Dual Direct Representations of the Technology -- 2.3 The Indirect Input Distance Function, Cost Function, and Efficiency Measures -- 2.4 The Indirect Input Price Index and Quantity Index -- 2.5 The Indirect Input Based Productivity Indexes -- 2.6 Conclusion -- ESSAY 3 Malmquist Productivity Indexes: A Survey of Theory and Practice -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Theory -- 3.3 Empirical Applications -- 3.4 Concluding Remarks -- ESSAY 4 Implementing The Malmquist Productivity Index: The Case of The National Corporation of Swedish Pharmacies -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Implementation of Malmquist Productivity Indexes -- 4.3 Performance Indicators, Incentives, and Malmquist Indexes -- 4.4 Concluding Remarks -- ESSAY 5 Malmquist Productivity Indexes: An Empirical Comparison -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 The Malmquist Indexes -- 5.3 Data -- 5.4 Empirical Results -- 5.5 Quo Vadis, Malmquist? -- ESSAY 6 Input and Output Indicators -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Notation, Assumptions, and Definitions -- 6.3 Previous Work on Input and Output Indexes -- 6.4 Exponential Input and Output Indicators -- 6.5 Exact Measures of the Luenberger Exponential Input and Output Indicators -- 6.6 Transitivity of Input and Output Indicators -- 6.7 Conclusion -- Appendix Contributors.

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