Aggregation, Efficiency, and Measurement

Rolf Färe is Professor of Economics at Oregon State University. He received his Docent in Economics from the University of Lund, Sweden. He did post graduate work under Professor R. W. Shephard at the University of California, Berkeley. He has published in various journals including Econometrica, Economic Theory, and the Journal of Economic Theory. Shawna Grosskopf is Professor of Economics at Oregon State University. She received her doctoral degree in Economics from Syracuse University. She has published in a variety of journals including the American Economic Review, Journal of Econometrics, Journal of Productivity Analysis, and Economic Theory. Daniel Primont is Professor of Economics at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. He received his doctoral degree in Economics from the University of California, Santa Barbara. His research includes theoretical work in production and duality theory and both theoretical and empirical work in efficiency measurement. He has published in a variety of journals including the Journal of Economic Theory, Journal of Econometrics, Journal of Productivity Analysis, and Economic Theory.

The Pareto-Optima of Finite-Horizon OLG Models.- Derivative Properties of Directional Technology Distance Functions.- Synergistic Mergers in an Agency Context: An Illustration of the Interaction of the Observability Problem and Synergistic Merger.- The Le Chatelier Principle in Data Envelopment Analysis.- Finding Common Ground: Efficiency Indices.- Sources of Manufacturing Productivity Growth: U.S. States 1990–1999.- Nonparametric Estimation of Higher-Order Moments of Technical Efficiency.- Measuring Inefficiency with Endogenous Innovation.- Don’t Aggregate Efficiency But Disaggregate Inefficiency.