Accounting for externalities in the measurement of productivity growth: The Malmquist cost productivity measure

Structural Change and Economic Dynamics

Volumn 16, Issue 3 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 374-394

  Ball, E ^a   Färe, Rolf ^b   Grosskopf, S ^b   Zaim, O ^c  

^a ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BILKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Activity analysis; Externalities; Malmquist; Productivity; US agriculture

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; CORPORATE STRATEGY; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ETHICS; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PRODUCTIVITY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 23444458763     PISSN: 0954349X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.strueco.2004.04.008     Document Type: Article

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