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7 take advantage of the panel structure of their data to control for possible errors of specifica tion in their models. It is interesting to note that the econometric and DEA methods may be closer than some of their respective advocates seem to believe.
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A Special Issue of the Journal of Productivity Analysis
edited by Zvi Griliches and Jacques Mairesse
Reprinted from the Joumal of Productivity Analysis Volume 4, Numbers 1 and 2 (1993)
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Productivity issues in services at the micro level : a special issue of the Joumal of productivity analysis / edited by Zvi Griliches and Jacques Mairesse. p. cm. "Papers ... first presented at the third Franco-American Economic Seminar"-Introd. "Reprinted from the Joumal of productivity analysis, volume 4, number 1 and 2 (1993)." IncJudes bibliographical references. ISBN 978-94-010-4975-7 ISBN 978-94-011-2200-9 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-94-011-2200-9 1. Service industries--Case studies--Congresses. 2. Industrial productivity-Case studies--Congresses. 3. Service industries--France--Case studies--Congresses. 4. Industrial productivity--France--Case studies--Congresses. 5. Service industries --United States--Case studies--Congresses. 6. Industrial productivity--United States--Case studies--Congresses. 1. Griliches, Zvi, 1930- . Il. Mairesse, Jacques. HD9980.5.P76 1993 93-20547 331.11'8--dc20 CIP
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JOURNAL OF PRODUCTIVITY ANALYSIS Vol. 4, Nos. 112, June 1993 PRODUCTIVITY ISSUES IN SERVICES AT THE MICRO LEVEL A Special Issue of the Journal of Productivity Analysis Editors' Introduction Zvi Griliches and Jacques Mairesse
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Cost and Technical Change: Effects from Bank Deregulation David B. Humphrey
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Economies of Scale and Scope in French Commercial Banking Industry Michel Dietsch
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Economies of Scale and Scope in French Banking and Savings Institutions Ugur Muldur and Mohamed Sassenou
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Comments on "Economies of Scale and Scope in French Banking and Savings Institutions" Frank C. Wykoff
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Productive Perfonnance of the French Insurance Industry F. Fecher, D. Kessler, S. Perelman, and P. Pestieau
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Productivity and Computers in Canadian Banking Darrell Parsons, Calvin C. Gotlieb, and Michael Denny
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Efficiency and Productivity Growth Comparisons of European and U.S. Air Carriers: A First Look at the Data David H. Good, M. Ishaq Nadiri, Lars-Hendrick Roller, and Robin C. Sickles
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Cost Effects of Mergers and Deregulation in the U.S. Rail Industry Ernst R. Berndt, Ann F. Friedlaender, Judy Shaw-Er Wang Chiang, and Christopher A. Vellturo
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Provision of Child Care: Cost Functions for Profit-Making and Not-For-Profit Day Care Centers Swati Mukerjee and Ann Dryden Witte
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Efficiency, Quality, and Social Externalities in the Provision
