We review nonparametric estimation of efficiency and productivity, by which we mainly mean activity analysis, or data …

distance function approach, the purpose is to compare estimates of Luenberger total factor productivity indicators, including … 1990 to 2008, we explore to what extent excluding bad outputs leads to erroneous productivity measurement. The main … appropriate basis of productivity measurement. …

The purpose of this paper is to include consumer satisfaction in the specification of productivity. We accomplish this … construct a Malmquist type of productivity index. As with the usual Malmquist productivity index, we can decompose productivity …