Cost Malmquist productivity index: an output-specific approach for group comparison

Barnabé Walheer

Journal of Productivity Analysis, 2018, vol. 49, issue 1, No 7, 79-94

Abstract: Abstract The cost Malmquist productivity index (CMPI) has been proposed to capture the performance change of cost minimizing Decision Making Units (DMUs). Recently, two alternative uses of the CMPI have been suggested: (1) using the CMPI to compare groups of DMUs, and (2) using the CMPI to compare DMUs for each output separately. In this paper, we propose a new CMPI that combines both procedures. The resulting methodology provides group-specific indexes for each output separately, and therefore offers the option to identify the sources of cost performance change. We also define our index when input prices are not observed and establish, in that case, a duality with a new technical productivity index, which takes the form of a Malmquist productivity index. We illustrate our new methodology with a numerical example and an application to the US electricity plant districts.

Keywords: Cost Malmquist productivity index; Malmquist productivity index; Groups; Cost efficiency; Electricity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C43 C61 D24 L94 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1007/s11123-017-0523-5

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