Search for dissertations about: "Frontier production functions"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 swedish dissertations containing the words Frontier production functions.

  2. 1. Essays on Manufacturing Production in a Developing Economy: Kenya 1992-94

    Author : Karl Lundvall; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Firm size; Kenya; manufacturing; stochastic frontier production functions; data envelopment analysis; technical efficiency; factor substitution; informal sector.;

    Abstract : The dissertation consists of five separate empirical papers based on panel data from Kenyan manufacturing firms in the food, wood, textile and metal sectors, collected during the early 1990s, and an overview of the economic literature on small firms in developing countries. The principal tools of analysis are the microeconomic theory of production and econometrics. READ MORE

  4. 2. Essays on the Employment Service and Employers' Recruitment Behaviour

    Author : Lars Behrenz; Nationalekonomiska institutionen; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; ekonomisk teori; ekonometri; economic policy; Nationalekonomi; economic systems; Labour Market; Evaluation; Hazard Functions; Unemployment Duration; Cost-benefit Analysis; Production frontier approach; Economics; economic theory; econometrics; ekonomiska system; ekonomisk politik;

    Abstract : This thesis results from four research projects. The issues addressed in the projects are different types of labour market information problems. The purpose of the first article is to contribute to a better empirical under- standning of how an increase of staff at the Public Employment Service affects job seekers. READ MORE

  5. 3. Essays on Econometric Theory

    Author : Peter Jochumzen; Nationalekonomiska institutionen; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; economic theory; econometrics; Economics; measure of fit; unemployment insurance; non proportionality; stochastic frontier production function; diffusion of technology; Duration analysis; economic systems; economic policy; Nationalekonomi; ekonometri; ekonomisk teori; ekonomiska system; ekonomisk politik;

    Abstract : This dissertation contains a variety of contributions to econometric theory. Broadly speaking, econometrics may be categorized depending on what type of data is being analyzed, the two main categories being time series data and cross sectional data. A third category is panel data, combining cross sectional data observed over time. READ MORE

  6. 4. Efficiency and Productivity Change: A Micro Data Case Study of the Colombian Cement Industry

    Author : Osvaldo Salas; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Frontier production functions; short-run production function; technical efficiency; technical change; Colombian cement i;

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  7. 5. Four Essays on Technology, Productivity and Environment

    Author : Jan Larsson; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; BAT; DEA; Dynamic factor demand; Efficiency; Emission; Environmental regulation; Multiproduct symmetric generalized McFadden cost function; Malmquist index; Mexico; NAFTA; Norwegian manufacturing; Productivity; Trade liberalisation;

    Abstract : The main subject of this thesis is the relationship between economic growth and environmental effects when the interaction between firms' behaviour and regulations are taken into account. In the first three papers I discuss different aspects of the relationship between regulations and environmental effects. READ MORE