in detail how to estimate production, cost, and profit efficiency and introduce the basic theory of each model in an … a step-by-step guide on how to conduct efficiency analysis using the stochastic frontier approach. The authors explain … the chasm between theory and practice, expanding the range of applications in which production frontier analysis may be …

Bhattacharyya, Levent Kutlu, and Robin C. Sickles -- 14. Aggregation of individual efficiency measures and productivity indices … Kenjegalieva, Robin C Sickles, and Thomas Weyman-Jones -- 18. Productivity indexes and national statistics: Theory, methods and … measurement of efficiency, productivity, growth and performance. These concepts are commonly measured residually and difficult to …

measurement of efficiency, productivity, growth and performance. These concepts are commonly measured residually and difficult to … quantify in practice. In real-life applications, efficiency and productivity estimates are often quite sensitive to the models …