Aggregation of Malmquist Productivity Indexes

Zelenyuk, Valentin (2005): Aggregation of Malmquist Productivity Indexes. Published in: European Journal of Operational Research , Vol. 2, No. 174 (2006): pp. 1076-1086.

Abstract

In this paper we extend the work of Färe and Zelenyuk (2003) to find a theoretically justified method of aggregating Malmquist Productivity Indexes over individual decision making units (firms, countries, etc.) into a group Malmquist Productivity Index. We also consider the aggregation of decomposed parts of the Malmquist Productivity Index to obtain a decomposition of the Malmquist Productivity Index for a particular group.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: DEA, Efficiency, Productivity, Index aggregation
• Subjects: D - Microeconomics > D2 - Production and Organizations > D24 - Production ; Cost ; Capital ; Capital, Total Factor, and Multifactor Productivity ; Capacity

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