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A note on decomposing the Malmquist productivity index by means of subvector homotheticity

Hayes, Kathy; Färe, Rolf; Grosskopf, Shawna; Førsund, … - In: Economic Theory 17 (2001) 1, pp. 239-245

This paper introduces a decomposition of the Malmquist productivity index into component indexes. The motivation is to derive an analogue of the decomposition of the Törnqvist index into productivity and quality change provided by Fixler and Zieschang (1992) to the Malmquist index. Since we...

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A Note on Decomposing the Malmquist Productivity Index by Means of Subvector Homotheticity

Färe, Rolf; Foersund, Finn R.; Grosskopf, Shawna; … - 2016

This paper introduces a decomposition of the Malmquist productivity index into component indexes. The motivation is to derive an analogue of the decomposition of the Tornqvist index into productivity and quality change provided by Fixler and Zieschang (1992) to the Malmquist index. Since we...

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Efficient and sustainable bioenergy production in Swedish forests : a network DEA approach

Zhou, Wenchao; Bostian, Moriah; Färe, Rolf; Grosskopf, … - 2019

Swedish forests, using a network data envelopment analysis (DEA) model to estimate the technology for biofuel and other forest … emissions from burning biomass. We apply the network DEA model to measure the revenue efficiency of forest production of Swedish … persistent economic inefficiencies of forest production in some counties, reducing the overall efficiency of Sweden's forest and …

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Revisiting the quiet life hypothesis in banking using nonparametric techniques

Färe, Rolf; Grosskopf, Shawna; Maudos, Joaquín; … - In: Journal of business economics and management 16 (2015) 1, pp. 159-187

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A Note on Parameterizing Input Distance Functions: Does the Choice of a Functional Form Matter?

Färe, Rolf; Vardanyan, Michael - IÉSEG School of Management, Université Catholique de Lille - 2014

We use a Monte Carlo experiment to compare the quadratic and translog functional forms in terms of their ability to approximate known frontiers that possess convex curvature. Unlike some of the existing simulation studies that have studied this topic, we find that both functional forms provide a...

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Which Bad is Worst? An Application of Leif Johansen’s Capacity Model

Färe, Rolf; Grosskopf, Shawna; Lundgren, Tommy; … - CERE - the Center for Environmental and Resource Economics - 2013

The production of desirable (good) outputs is frequently accompanied by unintended production of undesirable (bad) outputs. If two or more of these undesirable outputs are produced as byproducts, one may ask: ‘Which bad is worst?’ By worst we mean which bad inhibits the production of...

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Productivity: Should We Include Bads?

Färe, Rolf; Grosskopf, Shawna; Lundgren, Tommy; … - CERE - the Center for Environmental and Resource Economics - 2012

This paper studies the interaction between economic and environmental performance. Applying the directional output distance function approach, the purpose is to compare estimates of Luenberger total factor productivity indicators, including and excluding bad outputs. Specifically, based on...

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Pollution Generating Technologies and Environmental Efficiency

Färe, Rolf; Grosskopf, Shawna; Lundgren, Tommy; … - CERE - the Center for Environmental and Resource Economics - 2012

technology. Pollutants, or bads, are explicitly modeled by imposing technology properties of disposability and null … potential, in both categories, to improve environmental efficiency, and hence lower emissions, of three air pollutants … efficiency scores and generate misleading policy implications. …

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Generalized quadratic revenue functions

Chambers, Robert G.; Färe, Rolf; Grosskopf, Shawna - 2008

Carlo evidence suggests that the quadratic specification more precisely represents technology. …

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Generalized Quadratic Revenue Functions

Chambers, Robert G.; Färe, Rolf; Grosskopf, Shawna; … - CESifo - 2008

Carlo evidence suggests that the quadratic specification more precisely represents technology. …

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