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Handbook of Production Economics

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  • © 2020

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Editors:
  1. Subhash C. Ray

    1. Department of Economics, University of Connecticut, Storrs, USA

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  2. Robert G. Chambers

    1. Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Maryland, College Park, USA

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  3. Subal C. Kumbhakar

    1. Department of Economics, Binghamton University, Binghamton, USA

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  • Presents an overview of neoclassical production economics
  • Includes the dual approach to production analysis and puts modern production economics in proper historical perspective
  • Includes comprehensive surveys of applications of the theoretical models and empirical applications in such sectors as manufacturing, agriculture, banking, energy and environment, and more

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Table of contents (45 entries)

  1. Activity Analysis in Production Economics

    • Thijs ten Raa

  2. Aggregation of Efficiency and Productivity: From Firm to Sector and Higher Levels

    • Valentin Zelenyuk

  3. Airline Economics: A Survey of Applied Issues in the Performance of the US and International Airline Industry

    • Levent Kutlu, Daniel Prudencio, Robin C. Sickles

  4. Application of Production Economics in the Electricity Distribution Sector

    • Ørjan Mydland, Gudbrand Lien

  5. Applications of Production Economics in Education

    • Jill Johnes

  6. Applications of Production Theory in Transportation

    • Phill Wheat, Kristofer Odolinski, Andrew Smith

  7. Bad Outputs

    • Sushama Murty, R. Robert Russell

  8. Benchmarking in the European Water Sector

    • Alan Horncastle, Joseph Duffy, Chien Xen Ng, Peter Krupa

  9. Capacity and Capacity Utilization in Production Economics

    • Dale Squires, Kathleen Segerson

  10. Choice of Inputs and Outputs for Production Analysis

    • Subhash C. Ray

  11. Conceptualization and Measurement of Productivity Growth and Technical Change: A Nonparametric Approach

    • Subhash C. Ray

  12. Cost Assessment of (Un)bundling: Separation of Vertically Integrated Public Utilities

    • Pablo Arocena, Subal C. Kumbhakar

  13. Cost, Revenue, and Profit Function Estimates

    • Levent Kutlu, Shasha Liu, Robin C. Sickles

  14. Dairy Farming from a Production Economics Perspective: An Overview of the Literature

    • Boris E. Bravo-Ureta, Alan Wall, Florian Neubauer

  15. Data Envelopment Analysis: A Nonparametric Method of Production Analysis

    • Subhash C. Ray

  16. Distance Functions in Production Economics

    • Robert G. Chambers, Rolf Färe

  17. Duality in Production

    • W. Erwin Diewert

  18. Dynamic Analysis of Production

    • Spiro E. Stefanou

  19. Economics of Externalities: An Overview

    • Jean-Paul Chavas

  20. Elasticities of Substitution

    • R. Robert Russell
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About this book

This two-volume handbook includes surveys of the state of the art in different areas of neoclassical production economics. Volume 1 will cover theoretical and methodological issues only. Volume 2 will include surveys of empirical applications in different areas like manufacturing, agriculture, banking, energy and environment, and so forth.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Economics, University of Connecticut, Storrs, USA

    Subhash C. Ray

  • Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Maryland, College Park, USA

    Robert G. Chambers

  • Department of Economics, Binghamton University, Binghamton, USA

    Subal C. Kumbhakar

About the editors

Subhash C. Ray is professor in the Department of Economics, University of Connecticut, in Storrs, Connecticut, USA.

Robert G. Chambers is professor in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Maryland, College Park in Maryland, USA.

Subal C. Kumbhakar is professor in the Department of Economics, Binghamton University, in New York State, USA.

Some contributors:
W Erwin Diewert (Vancouver School of Economics), Knox Lovell (University of Queensland), Bob Russell (UC Riverside and University of NSW), Rolf Fare (University of Oregon), Finn Forsund (University of Oslo), Spiro Stefanou (U of Florida), Victor Podinovski (University of Loughboro), Kathleen Segerson (University of Connecticut)

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