This Working Paper gives insights into the concepts of productivity and efficiency. Both conceptsare popular measures … and outlines key areas of interest inthis context, such as efficiency measures, components of efficiency and the … measuring productivity and efficiency in a non-technical manner. Variousparametric as well as non parametric approaches are …

auction theory. All these mechanisms prove to have a common basis: the Vickrey auction. …

technical efficiency scores for each of the farms and then standardize them.Standardized technical efficiency is shown to have …

stochasticfrontier analysis to model and measure the cost efficiency of banks. We adopt amaximum likelihood approach to estimation in … domestic banks. The results show that on average, M&Asare surpassed in terms of efficiency by greenfields banks, but no cost … theacquisition, but approximately 4 years and a haft later, their efficiency starts to improve.... …

firm efficiency changed in response to changing competitive pressures associated with the transition to market. Results … show that the period was one of atypically rapid growth of total factor productivity (TFP). The rise in firm efficiency … firm ownership type have no direct impact on firm efficiency. However, increased market competition related to rising …