Journal of Productivity Analysis

1989 - 2025

Current editor(s): William Greene, Chris O'Donnell and Victor Podinovski

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In Memoriam to William W. Cooper pp. 235-236: C. Lovell and Robin Sickles
Firm performance and knowledge spillovers from academic, industrial and foreign linkages: the case of China pp. 237-253: Mahmut Yasar and Catherine Morrison Paul
An aggregate quantity framework for measuring and decomposing productivity change pp. 255-272: C. O’Donnell
Estimation of stochastic frontier models based on multimodel inference pp. 273-284: Cliff Huang and Hung-pin Lai
Creative destruction over the business cycle: a stochastic frontier analysis pp. 285-302: Yi-Chen Lin and Tai-Hsin Huang
Ownership structure, corporate governance and productive efficiency in China pp. 303-318: Dongwei Su and Xingxing He
Measurement of technical efficiency in farrow-to-finish swine production using multi-activity network data envelopment analysis: evidence from Taiwan pp. 319-331: Po-Chi Chen
The economic impact of migration: productivity analysis for Spain and the UK pp. 333-343: Mari Kangasniemi, Matilde Mas, Catherine Robinson and Lorenzo Serrano Martinez
Productivity, returns to scale and product differentiation in the retail trade industry: an empirical analysis using Japanese firm-level data pp. 345-353: Atsuyuki Kato

Families of linear efficiency programs based on Debreu’s loss function pp. 109-120: Jesus Pastor, C. Lovell and Juan Aparicio
Returns-to-scale properties in DEA models: the fundamental role of interior points pp. 121-130: Vladimir Krivonozhko, Finn Førsund and Andrey Lychev
An efficiency measure satisfying the Dmitruk–Koshevoy criteria on DEA technologies pp. 131-143: Hirofumi Fukuyama and Kazuyuki Sekitani
A Luenberger soil-quality indicator pp. 145-154: Atakelty Hailu and Robert Chambers
A Monte Carlo study of ranked efficiency estimates from frontier models pp. 155-165: William Horrace and Seth Richards-Shubik
Are innovation and R&D the only sources of firms’ knowledge that increase productivity? An empirical investigation of French manufacturing firms pp. 167-181: Diègo Legros and Fabrice Galia
Measuring efficiency in the presence of head-to-head competition pp. 183-197: Thomas Sexton and Herbert Lewis
Vertical disintegration and training: evidence from a matched employer–employee survey pp. 199-217: Elisabetta Magnani
Estimating production technology for policy analysis: trading off precision and heterogeneity pp. 219-233: Qiuqiong Huang, Richard Howitt and Scott Rozelle

A Bayesian estimator for stochastic frontier models with errors in variables pp. 1-9: Sheng-Kai Chang, Yi-Yi Chen and Hung-Jen Wang
Stochastic non-smooth envelopment of data: semi-parametric frontier estimation subject to shape constraints pp. 11-28: Timo Kuosmanen and Mika Kortelainen
Child maturation, time-invariant, and time-varying inputs: their interaction in the production of child human capital pp. 29-44: Mark Agee, Scott Atkinson and Thomas Crocker
Experimental designs for estimating plateau-type production functions and economically optimal input levels pp. 45-52: B Brorsen and Francisca Richter
On learning and the economics of firm efficiency: a state-contingent approach pp. 53-62: Jean-Paul Chavas
Labor productivity convergence in the Kansas farm sector: a three-stage procedure using data envelopment analysis and semiparametric regression analysis pp. 63-79: Amin Mugera, Michael Langemeier and Allen Featherstone
Water losses and hydrographical regions influence on the cost structure of the Portuguese water industry pp. 81-94: Rita Martins, Fernando Coelho and Adelino Fortunato
Grade inflation or productivity growth? An analysis of changing grade distributions at a regional university pp. 95-107: Rebecca Summary and William Weber

Introduction pp. 203-204: Rolf Färe, Shawna Grosskopf and Dimitris Margaritis
Technological change and timing reductions in greenhouse gas emissions pp. 205-216: Rolf Färe, Shawna Grosskopf, Dimitri Margaritis and William Weber
The measurement of productivity in the nonmarket sector pp. 217-229: Walter Diewert
Imputing output prices for non-market production units: a comment pp. 231-232: Bert Balk
Dual allocative efficiency parameters pp. 233-238: Rolf Färe and Daniel Primont
Boundary problems with the “Russell” graph measure of technical efficiency: a refinement pp. 239-248: Steven Levkoff, R. Russell and William Schworm
Problems with (dis)aggregating productivity, and another productivity paradox pp. 249-259: Kevin Fox
Categorical and continuous non-discretionary variables in data envelopment analysis: a comparison of two single-stage models pp. 261-276: Julie Harrison, Paul Rouse and Jamie Armstrong
Profit efficiency in the European Union banking industry: a directional technology distance function approach pp. 277-293: Anastasia Koutsomanoli-Filippaki, Dimitris Margaritis and Christos Staikouras
Firm efficiency and stock returns pp. 295-306: Bart Frijns, Dimitris Margaritis and Maria Psillaki

Rates of return to public agricultural research in 48 US states pp. 95-113: Alejandro Plastina and Lilyan Fulginiti
The examination of pseudo-allocative and pseudo-overall efficiencies in DEA using shadow prices pp. 115-123: Joseph Paradi and Fai Tam
Corporate R&D and firm efficiency: evidence from Europe’s top R&D investors pp. 125-140: Subal Kumbhakar, Raquel Ortega-Argiles, Lesley Potters, Marco Vivarelli and Peter Voigt
On the cost-reducing effects of embodied technical progress: a panel study of the steel industry in Japan pp. 141-153: Shuzo Ueda and Kazuo Ogawa
Explaining firms efficiency in the Ivorian manufacturing sector: a robust nonparametric approach pp. 155-169: Nolwenn Roudaut and Anne Vanhems
Efficiency and technological change at US research universities pp. 171-186: Jeremy Foltz, Bradford Barham, Jean-Paul Chavas and Kwansoo Kim
The need for speed: impacts of internet connectivity on firm productivity pp. 187-201: Arthur Grimes, Cleo Ren and Philip Stevens

Revolution, evolution, or status quo? Guidelines for efficiency measurement in health care pp. 1-5: Bruce Hollingsworth
Adjustment and unobserved heterogeneity in dynamic stochastic frontier models pp. 7-16: Grigorios Emvalomatis
A dual measure of correlation between the Solow residual and output growth pp. 17-25: Dandan Liu, Rui Li and Jijun Tan
Estimation of cost inefficiency in panel data models with firm specific and sub-company specific effects pp. 27-40: Andrew Smith and Phill Wheat
A micro-econometric analysis of the role of R&D spillovers using a nonlinear translog specification pp. 41-58: Paola Cardamone
Capital use intensity and productivity biases pp. 59-71: Matthew Andersen, Julian Alston and Philip Pardey
Efficiency of the Indian leather firms: some results obtained using the two conventional methods pp. 73-93: Anup Bhandari and Pradip Maiti