programming approach to efficiency estimation; introduces the Malmquist productivity index and shows how to decompose it into … various sources of productivity change, including variation in productive efficiency; and describes three ways of … approximating a Malmquist productivity index: the use of superlative index numbers, the use of econometric techniques, and the use …

total factor productivity growth could be useful and valuable in drafting any future policy. Since the early 1990s, many … and productivity analysis studies. The majority of empirical studies have involved applications to United States data … total factor productivity (TFP) growth of electricity utilities in Malaysia using a parametric model. Hence, in this study …

contrast, in the productivity stage linking the raw inputs to the revenues, we observe mostly decreasing returns to scale. Our …

productivity growth, and production efficiency improvement. In addition, this paper incorporates the quality of inputs in analyzing … output growth, where the productivity of capital depends on its average age, while the productivity of labor depends on its … the improved quality of factors or total factor productivity growth in explaining output growth. The quality of capital …

This study examines patterns of productivity change in a large set of 266 public higher education institutions (HEIs … confidence intervals for Malmquist indices of HEI productivity and their components. Consequently, we are able to assess the … statistical significance of changes in HEI productivity, efficiency and technology. Our results suggest that, assessed vis-à-vis a …

scope of banking law have carried on their business with 4 banks as of today in Turkey. Efficiency and productivity are the … current objective productivity is defined as the rate of available sources and acquired output to input. Efficiency and … productivity criteria are described in the data and method section of the study. In this study, efficiency and productivity of fast …

This article evaluates the performance of health expenditure and demonstrates how productivity has changed over time … could have increased output by 1.2 % based on existing levels of inputs. The finding of decreased productivity growth is …

technologies and present differences in the productivity of their educational inputs due to management issues. On the one hand the … in order to analyze total factor productivity changes and divergences between publicly financed schools when only a …. The results suggest a higher annual productivity change for government dependent private schools, mostly due to technical …