Productivity and Efficiency Analysis

William H Greene editor Lynda Khalaf editor Michael Veall editor Marcel-Cristian Voia editor Robin Sickles editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Springer International Publishing AG

Published:27th Mar '19

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This proceedings volume examines the 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 analyze world-wide perspectives on challenges that local economies and institutions may face when changes in productivity are observed. The volume comprises of seventeen papers that deal with productivity measurement, productivity growth, dynamics of productivity change, measures of labor productivity, measures of technical efficiency in different sectors, frontier analysis, measures of performance, industry instability and spillover effects. These papers are relevant to academia, but also to public and private sectors in terms of the challenges firms, financial institutions, governments and individuals may face when dealing with economic and education related activities that lead to increase or decrease of productivity.

The North American Productivity Workshop brings together academic scholars and practitioners in the field of productivity and efficiency analysis from all over the world. It is a four day conference exploring topics related to productivity, production theory and efficiency measurement in economics, management science, operations research, public administration, and related fields. The papers in this volume also address general topics as health, energy, finance, agriculture, utilities, and economic dev

elopment, among others. The editors are comprised of the 2014 local organizers, program committee members, and celebrated guest conference speak

ISBN: 9783319794600

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 528g

331 pages

Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2016