considered as a measure of this objective and, in turn, as a measure of productivity in relation to the production process in … which the journals are involved. In order to assess this production process, in this paper econometric models using data … distance between the actual production of the journals and their estimated maximum achievable number of citations based on …

model in which domestic and foreign investment interact in two important ways. First, the MNC's production technology allows … from Canadian MNCs that invest solely in the United States. Our estimtes support the view that production and adjustment …

The purpose of this paper is to examine production decisions under output price uncertainty. Using a nonparametric … examine the importance of higher moments in the firm's production decisions and to investigate underlying attitudes toward …

the application of a nonparametric conditional frontier methodology to account for the presence of geographical … interregional spillovers into the production process.Our findings show that geographical externalities affect both the frontier … of production congestion. We also find that there is a strong geographic pattern of European regional efficiency, and …

Cost functions and cost efficiency are commonly estimated for industries with detailed data on production and cost …