This study investigated the efficiency and productivity change of a sample of food distribution units (MERCAs) in Spain … productivity change. The mean pure sales efficiency index was high, around 0.8, the mean scale index being 0,9. As appears from the …

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 … Malaysia. Also, there is no published research (that we know of) that specifically evaluates the technical efficiency (TE) and …

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

while there was an increase in the productivity of factor inputs during the 1990s, most of the growth in value added is …

This thesis applies innovative methods to the efficiency and productivity analysis of the Australian banking system … on industry productivity and the changing nature of banking and the role of risk in measuring bank value-added. The … the sector using econometric and non-parametric techniques to gauge productivity. Problems with balanced data sets and …

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 …