Decompositions of profitability change using cost functions

DOI10.1016/j.jeconom.2014.06.009zbMath1312.91063OpenAlexW2144580989MaRDI QIDQ472748

W. Erwin Diewert

Publication date: 20 November 2014

Published in: Journal of Econometrics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeconom.2014.06.009

zbMATH Keywords

technical progressreturns to scaleduality theorycost functionsprofitabilitycost efficiencybest practice cost functionsFisher ideal indexesinput and productivitymargin growthmarginal cost pricesmeasurement of outputnonmarket sectortotal factor productivity

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Production theory, theory of the firm (91B38) Statistical methods; economic indices and measures (91B82)

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