Productivity and Efficiency Analysis

This proceedings volume examines state-of-the art of productivity and efficiency analysis and adds to the existing research by bringing together a selection of the best papers from the 8th North American Productivity Workshop (NAPW). It also aims to analy

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William H. Greene Lynda Khalaf Robin C. Sickles Michael Veall Marcel-Cristian Voia Editors

Productivity and Efficiency Analysis

Springer Proceedings in Business and Economics

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William H. Greene • Lynda Khalaf Robin C. Sickles • Michael Veall Marcel-Cristian Voia Editors

Productivity and Efficiency Analysis

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Editors William H. Greene Stern School of Business New York University New York, NY, USA

Lynda Khalaf Department of Economics Carleton University Ottawa, ON, Canada

Robin C. Sickles Department of Economics Rice University Houston, TX, USA

Michael Veall Department of Economics McMaster University Hamilton, ON, Canada

Marcel-Cristian Voia Department of Economics Carleton University Ottawa, ON, Canada

ISSN 2198-7246 ISSN 2198-7254 (electronic) Springer Proceedings in Business and Economics ISBN 978-3-319-23227-0 ISBN 978-3-319-23228-7 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-23228-7 Library of Congress Control Number: 2015956100 Springer Cham Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Printed on acid-free paper Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www. springer.com)

Introduction

The volume comprises 17 chapters that deal with productivity measurement, productivity growth, dynamics of productivity change, measurement of labor productivity, measurement of technical efficiency at the sectoral level, frontier analysis, measurement of performance, industry instability, and spillover effects. The contributors to the volume are W. Erwin Diewert, Bert M. Balk, Subal C. Kumbhakar, Frank Asche, Kristin Roll, Ragnar Tveteras, Loren W. Tauer, Jaepil Han, Deockhyun Ryu, Robin C. Sickles, Lynda Khalaf, Charles J. Saunders, German Cubas, Anson T.Y. Ho, Kim P. Huynh, David T. Jacho-Chàvez, A.S.J. Smith, J. Buckell, P. Wheat, R. Longo, Brian Murphy, Michael R.