A method for analyzing productivity convergence based on frontier production functions is proposed. It is examined … method is applied to 1-digit industries of 14 OECD countries from 1970 - 90. Results suggests that comovements in efficiency …

: Environmental Productivity Growth in Consumer Durables -- Part II: Studies in Energy and Environment -- Chapter 5: Evaluating the … Efficiency Evaluation and Emission Abatement Cost Estimation of China’s Major Industry Sectors -- Chapter 9: Allocation Mode and … Efficiency of China’s Carbon and Sulphur Emissions -- Chapter 10: Context-dependent Total-factor Energy Efficiency in Chinese …

Total Factor Productivity (TFP)is often used on the macro-economic level as an indicator of changes in efficiency of a … increasing and become positive after a (quite a) few years of transition. Many authors conclude that this is a gain in efficiency … increases in efficiency. To investigate this, the mathematical properties of TFP are analysed in order to generate new insights …