A global Malmquist productivity index

被引:871
作者
Pastor, JT
Lovell, CAK [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Georgia, Dept Econ, Athens, GA 30602 USA
[2] Univ Miguel Hernandez, Ctr Invest Operat, Alicante 03206, Spain
关键词
malmquist productivity index; circularity;
D O I
10.1016/j.econlet.2005.02.013
中图分类号
F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
The geometric mean Malmquist productivity index is not circular, and its adjacent period components can provide different measures of productivity change. We propose a global Malmquist productivity index that is circular, and that gives a single measure of productivity change. (c) 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:266 / 271
页数:6
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