| Titre | La mesure de la productivité par des fonctions de distance | |
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| Auteur | Jean-Pierre Butault, Jean-Christophe Bureau, Ahmed Barkaoui | |
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Revue | Economie et prévision |
| Numéro | no 127, 1997/1 | |
| Page | 33-46 | |
| Résumé anglais |
Measuring Productivity Using Distance Functions by Ahmed Barkaoui, Jean-Christophe Bureau and Jean-Pierre Butault
Productivity measures are highly sensitive to the conventions adopted to measure service flows and fixed factor utilisation costs. An approach based on distance functions can measure productivity without using data on the prices of either factors or products. This method consists of estimating Malmquist indices. It is based on less restrictive assumptions than the traditional methods and sidesteps many problems regarding data and conventions for the costs of the use of capital, family labour and the earth. This method is applied to measure the "agricultural" sector's productivity in 12 countries. An empirical comparison with traditional indices highlights the advantages and disadvantages of this approach. Source : Éditeur (via Persée) |
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| Article en ligne | http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/ecop_0249-4744_1997_num_127_1_5835 |
