Cinzia Daraio9780387352312, 0-387-35231-7, 9780387351551, 0387351558
Providing a systematic and comprehensive treatment of recent developments in efficiency analysis, this readable book makes available an intuitive yet rigorous presentation of advanced nonparametric and robust methods. This flexible toolbox can be used in theories based on the neoclassical theory of production and its alternatives, including evolutionary theories. The methods are complemented by empirical analysis of three different economic fields: scientific research, mutual funds industry and the insurance sector. The research demonstrates the utility of the toolbox for a wide range of economic issues, including the analysis of economies of scale and scope, dynamics of age and agglomeration effects, trade-offs in production and service activities, and explanations of efficiency differentials. Of interest to applied economists broadly, this book will also be of interest to those focused on Operations Research and/or Management Science. |
Table of contents :
front-matter.pdf……Page 1
1_Introduction.pdf……Page 20
2_The Measurement of Efficiency.pdf……Page 29
3_Statistical Inference in Nonparametric Frontier Estimation.pdf……Page 59
4_Nonparametric Robust Estimators Partial Frontiers.pdf……Page 81
5_Conditional Measures Of Efficiency.pdf……Page 111
6_Economies of Scale, Scope and Experience in the Italian Motor-Vehicle Sector.pdf……Page 149
7_Age, Scale and Concentration Effects in a Public Research System.pdf……Page 180
8_Exploring the Effects of Manager Tenure, Fund Age and their Interaction.pdf……Page 206
9_Conclusions.pdf……Page 230
back-matter.pdf……Page 233 |
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