efficiency. In addition, the stochastic frontier model incorporates the more realistic non-neutral shifting production frontier …, as opposed to the commonly assumed Hicks-neutral production technology underlying a production function. …

Recent cross-country comparisons of bank efficiency have been based on pooled estimates of banks across countries and … in certain country-specific aspects of banking technology. This paper argues that such comparisons of performance must … efficiency of banks in each country that operate both within and outside their own environments. The results indicate that …

This paper analyzes technology choices and unemployment in search equilibrium. In contrast to standard search models …, the presence of technology choices makes the decentralized equilibrium inefficient; there is too little investment in …

Recent research has highlighted the importance of technology strategies in influencing the economic performance of … econometrically. Using survey data, this paper undertakes an econometric analysis of the effects of these alternative technology … strategies on firm-level technical efficiency in the agricultural machinery industry in Sri Lanka. Controlling for other possible …