on theoretical and empirical research in areas including productivity, production theory and efficiency measurement in …Chapter 1. Estimating Efficiency in the Presence of Extreme Outliers: A Logistic-Half Normal Stochastic Frontier Model … -- Chapter 14. Quantile DEA: Estimating qDEA-alpha Efficiency Estimates with Conventional Linear Programming. …

Economists have long studied the efficiency of firms, industries, and entire economies. This volume brings together … leading scholars to make connections between efficiency and a number of diverse areas of current interest to economists …, including an examination of the efficiency of tax systems across generations that overlap, and the efficiency of firm mergers …

Introduction: Theme, Objectives and Structure of the Book -- Methodology: Frontier Efficiency Measurement Techniques … -- Literature Review on Efficiency Studies in the Public Sector -- Applications to German Local Governments -- Summary and …

Efficiency Indicators And Indexes -- The Nerlovian Profit Indicator -- The Revenue Efficiency Indicator -- Cost … Efficiency Indicator -- Efficiency Indexes -- From Indicators to Indexes -- Hyperbolic Efficiency -- Remarks on the Literature … Aggregation -- Aggregating Farrell Efficiency Indexes -- Luenberger Productivity Indicators -- Aggregation Across Inputs and …

or More Inputs -- 5 Costs -- 6 Productivity, Efficiency and Technological Changes -- 7 Input Demand Functions -- 8 Land …This book covers the basic theory of how, what and when firms should produce to maximise profits. Based on the … neoclassical theory of the firm presented in most general microeconomic textbooks, it extends the general treatment and focuses on …

Preface -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Decision Theory Elements -- 3 Utility Function -- 4 State-Contingent Outcome and …

Optimisation with Two or More Inputs -- 5 Costs -- 6 Productivity, Efficiency and Technological Changes -- 7 Input Demand Functions …This book covers the basic theory of how, what and when firms should produce to maximise profits. Based on the … neoclassical theory of the firm presented in most general microeconomic textbooks, it extends the general treatment and focuses on …

This book sheds new light on long-established concepts of microeconomic production theory and combines general … theoretical analysis with references to management tools. It deals with concepts of microeconomic production theory, using the …This book deals with concepts of microeconomic production theory, using the fund-flow model of Nicholas Georgescu …