Quantifying productivity is a conditio sine qua non for empirical analysis in a number of
research fields. The identification of the measure that best fits with the specific goals, as well …

The goal of this article is to give a brief overview of productivity analysis, starting with
general concepts, its importance and a brief historical excursion and then focusing on …

By blending seminal literature on non-spatial stochastic frontier models with key
contributions to spatial econometrics we develop a spatial autoregressive (SAR) stochastic …

When analyzing productivity and efficiency of firms, stochastic frontier models are very
attractive because they allow, as in typical regression models, to introduce some noise in the …

This paper decomposes energy intensity change across countries into five components
attributable to technological catch-up, technological progress and changes in capital …

It is common in efficiency studies which analyse the environment for pollution to form part of
the production technology. Pollution therefore affects efficiency and the TFP growth …

The paper measures productivity growth in seventeen countries in the nineteenth and
twentieth centuries. GDP per worker and capital per worker in 1985 US dollars were …

Abstract Total Factor Productivity (TFP) accounts for a sizable proportion of the income
differences across countries. Two challenges remain to researchers aiming to explain these …

Abstract Kumar and Russell (2002), Henderson and Russell (2005), and Badunenko,
Henderson and Russell (2013) have proposed a production-frontier methodology to analyze …

When formulating a coordinated development strategy for a Multi-Airport System (MAS), it is
necessary to consider discrepancies, such as sustainable development level measured by …