The Malmquist productivity index and plant capacity utilization

被引:25
作者
De Borger, B [1 ]
Kerstens, K
机构
[1] Univ Antwerp, B-2000 Antwerp, Belgium
[2] Univ Catholique Lille, F-59016 Lille, France
关键词
productivity; capacity utilization;
D O I
10.1111/1467-9442.00201
中图分类号
F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
A new decomposition of the Malmquist productivity index is proposed to account for changes in plant capacity utilization. Using a primal, non-parametric specification of technology, the Malmquist index is decomposed into technical efficiency change, variations in plant capacity utilization and frontier shifts. It provides an alternative to the available methods of incorporating capacity utilization changes into measures of productivity change. Such measures are based on parametric land, in many cases, dual) technology specifications; moreover, they typically do not allow for technical inefficiency.
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页码:303 / 310
页数:8
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