Bert M. Balk

Research output

Working papers

1. Balk, B.M. & Zofío, J.L., 2019. "The Decompositions of Cost Variation," ERIM Report Series Research in Management ERS-2019-006-LIS, Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), ERIM is the joint research institute of the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University and the Erasmus School of Economics (ESE) at Erasmus University Rotterdam.
2. Balk, B.M. & Zofío, J.L., 2018. "The Many Decompositions of Total Factor Productivity Change," ERIM Report Series Research in Management ERS-2018-003-LIS, Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), ERIM is the joint research institute of the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University and the Erasmus School of Economics (ESE) at Erasmus University Rotterdam.
3. Balk, B.M. & Barbero, J. & Zofío, J.L., 2018. "A Total Factor Productivity Toolbox for MATLAB," ERIM Report Series Research in Management ERS-2018-004-LIS, Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), ERIM is the joint research institute of the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University and the Erasmus School of Economics (ESE) at Erasmus University Rotterdam.
4. Balk, B.M. & de Koster, M.B.M. & Kaps, C. & Zofío, J.L., 2017. "An Evaluation of Cross-Efficiency Methods, Applied to Measuring Warehouse Performance," ERIM Report Series Research in Management ERS-2017-015-LIS, Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), ERIM is the joint research institute of the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University and the Erasmus School of Economics (ESE) at Erasmus University Rotterdam.
5. D. S. Prasada Rao & Alicia N. Rambaldi & Bert M. Balk, 2015. "On Measuring Regional or Global Growth and Inflation," Discussion Papers Series 552, School of Economics, University of Queensland, Australia.
6. Balk, B.M., 2011. "Dissecting Aggregate Output and Labour Productivity Change," ERIM Report Series Research in Management ERS-2011-023-MKT, Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), ERIM is the joint research institute of the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University and the Erasmus School of Economics (ESE) at Erasmus University Rotterdam.
   • Bert Balk, 2014. "Dissecting aggregate output and labour productivity change," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, vol. 42(1), pages 35-43, August.
7. Bert M. Balk & W. Erwin Diewert & Alice O. Nakamura, 2009. "Introduction to price and productivity measurement for housing," Working Papers 09-5, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia.
   • Balk, Bert M. & Diewert, Erwin & Nakamura, Alice O., 2009. "Introduction to Price and Productivity Measurement for Housing," Economics working papers erwin_diewert-2009-18, Vancouver School of Economics, revised 12 Mar 2009.
8. Balk, B.M., 2008. "Measuring Productivity Change without Neoclassical Assumptions: A Conceptual Analysis," ERIM Report Series Research in Management ERS-2008-077-MKT, Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), ERIM is the joint research institute of the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University and the Erasmus School of Economics (ESE) at Erasmus University Rotterdam.
   • Bert M. Balk, 2007. "Measuring Productivity Change without Neoclassical Assumptions: A Conceptual Analysis," CEPA Working Papers Series WP042007, School of Economics, University of Queensland, Australia.
9. Balk, B.M., 2001. "The Residual: On Monitoring and Benchmarking Firms, Industries, and Economies with respect to Productivity," ERIM Inaugural Address Series Research in Management EIA-2001-007-MKT, Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), ERIM is the joint research institute of the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University and the Erasmus School of Economics (ESE) at Erasmus University Rotterdam..
   • Bert Balk, 2003. "The Residual: On Monitoring and Benchmarking Firms, Industries, and Economies with Respect to Productivity," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, vol. 20(1), pages 5-47, July.
10. Balk, B.M., 2001. "Aggregation Methods in International Comparisons," ERIM Report Series Research in Management ERS-2001-41-MKT, Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), ERIM is the joint research institute of the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University and the Erasmus School of Economics (ESE) at Erasmus University Rotterdam.

Articles

1. Balk, Bert M. & Rambaldi, Alicia N. & Rao, D. S. Prasada, 2022. "Macro-Economic Measures For A Globalized World: Global Growth And Inflation," Macroeconomic Dynamics, Cambridge University Press, vol. 26(2), pages 314-360, March.
   • Rao, D.S. Prasada, 2018. "Macro-economic Measures for a Globalised World: Global Growth and Inflation," CEI Working Paper Series 2018-11, Center for Economic Institutions, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University.
2. Bert M. Balk, 2021. "Productivity Measurement with Data Envelopment Analysis and Stochastic Frontier Analysis: A Review Article on Measurement of Productivity and Efficiency: Theory and Practice," International Productivity Monitor, Centre for the Study of Living Standards, vol. 40, pages 134-139, Spring.
3. Balk, Bert M. & (René) De Koster, M.B.M. & Kaps, Christian & Zofío, José L., 2021. "An evaluation of cross-efficiency methods: With an application to warehouse performance," Applied Mathematics and Computation, Elsevier, vol. 406(C).
4. Bert M. Balk, 2020. "A novel decomposition of aggregate total factor productivity change," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, vol. 53(1), pages 95-105, February.
5. Balk, Bert M. & Zofío, José L., 2020. "Symmetric decompositions of cost variation," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 285(3), pages 1189-1198.
6. Bert M. Balk, 2019. "Consistency Issues in the Construction of Annual and Quarterly Productivity Indices," International Productivity Monitor, Centre for the Study of Living Standards, vol. 37, pages 144-155, Fall.
7. Balk, Bert M., 2018. "Profit-oriented productivity change: A comment," Omega, Elsevier, vol. 78(C), pages 176-178.
8. Jesus Dumagan & Bert Balk, 2016. "Dissecting aggregate output and labour productivity change: a postscript on the role of relative prices," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, vol. 45(1), pages 117-119, February.
9. Bert M. Balk, 2016. "Various Approaches to the Aggregation of Economic Productivity Indices," Pacific Economic Review, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 21(4), pages 445-463, October.
10. Bert M. Balk, 2015. "Measuring and relating aggregate and subaggregate total factor productivity change without neoclassical assumptions," Statistica Neerlandica, Netherlands Society for Statistics and Operations Research, vol. 69(1), pages 21-48, February.
11. Bert Balk & Rolf Färe & Giannis Karagiannis, 2015. "On directional scale elasticities," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, vol. 43(1), pages 99-104, February.
12. Bert Balk, 2014. "Dissecting aggregate output and labour productivity change," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, vol. 42(1), pages 35-43, August.
    • Balk, B.M., 2011. "Dissecting Aggregate Output and Labour Productivity Change," ERIM Report Series Research in Management ERS-2011-023-MKT, Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), ERIM is the joint research institute of the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University and the Erasmus School of Economics (ESE) at Erasmus University Rotterdam.
13. Bert Balk, 2012. "Imputing output prices for non-market production units: a comment," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, vol. 37(3), pages 231-232, June.
14. Bert M. Balk, 2011. "Measuring And Decomposing Capital Input Cost," Review of Income and Wealth, International Association for Research in Income and Wealth, vol. 57(3), pages 490-512, September.
15. Balk, Bert M., 2010. ",Price index concepts and measurement .W. Erwin Diewert, John S. Greenlees and Charles R. Hulten, Editors, Studies in income and wealth, National Bureau of Economic Research vol. 70, The University of," International Review of Economics & Finance, Elsevier, vol. 19(4), pages 789-790, October.
16. Balk Bert M., 2010. "Lowe and Cobb-Douglas Consumer Price Indices and their Substitution Bias," Journal of Economics and Statistics (Jahrbuecher fuer Nationaloekonomie und Statistik), De Gruyter, vol. 230(6), pages 726-740, December.
17. Bert M. Balk, 2010. "An Assumption‐Free Framework For Measuring Productivity Change," Review of Income and Wealth, International Association for Research in Income and Wealth, vol. 56(s1), pages 224-256, June.
18. Balk, Bert M., 2009. "On The Relation Between Gross Output– And Value Added–Based Productivity Measures: The Importance Of The Domar Factor," Macroeconomic Dynamics, Cambridge University Press, vol. 13(S2), pages 241-267, September.
19. Bert M. Balk, 2008. "Notes on: “The Generalised Index Numbers”," JeSP, ESeC - Economic Statistics no-profit Association, vol. 1(1), pages 1-11, June.
20. Bert Balk, 2008. "Commentary," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, vol. 30(1), pages 61-61, August.
21. Bert Balk & Rolf Färe & Shawna Grosskopf & Dimitris Margaritis, 2008. "Exact relations between Luenberger productivity indicators and Malmquist productivity indexes," Economic Theory, Springer;Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory (SAET), vol. 35(1), pages 187-190, April.
22. Bert M. Balk, 2005. "Divisia price and quantity indices: 80 years after," Statistica Neerlandica, Netherlands Society for Statistics and Operations Research, vol. 59(2), pages 119-158, May.
23. Balk, Bert M., 2004. "Decompositions of Fisher indexes," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 82(1), pages 107-113, January.
24. Bert Balk, 2003. "The Residual: On Monitoring and Benchmarking Firms, Industries, and Economies with Respect to Productivity," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, vol. 20(1), pages 5-47, July.
    • Balk, B.M., 2001. "The Residual: On Monitoring and Benchmarking Firms, Industries, and Economies with respect to Productivity," ERIM Inaugural Address Series Research in Management EIA-2001-007-MKT, Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), ERIM is the joint research institute of the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University and the Erasmus School of Economics (ESE) at Erasmus University Rotterdam..
25. Bert Balk & Rolf Färe & Shawna Grosskopf, 2003. "The theory of economic price and quantity indicators," Economic Theory, Springer;Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory (SAET), vol. 23(1), pages 149-164, December.
26. Bert Balk, 2001. "Scale Efficiency and Productivity Change," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, vol. 15(3), pages 159-183, May.
27. A. Scott & W. Kingston & K. Maskus & B. Balk & H. Gottinger & A. Schepanski, 2000. "Book reviews," Journal of Economics, Springer, vol. 72(3), pages 309-324, October.
28. B. Balk & H. Lorenz & J. Whalley & V. Valli & M. Kräkel, 1999. "Book reviews," Journal of Economics, Springer, vol. 69(1), pages 96-111, February.
29. Balk, Bert M., 1997. "The decomposition of cost efficiency and the canonical form of cost function and cost share equations," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 55(1), pages 45-51, August.
30. Bert M. Balk, 1996. "Consistency‐In‐Aggregation And Stuvel Indices," Review of Income and Wealth, International Association for Research in Income and Wealth, vol. 42(3), pages 353-363, September.
31. Balk, Bert M, 1993. "Malmquist Productivity Indexes and Fisher Ideal Indexes: Comment," Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society, vol. 103(418), pages 680-682, May.
32. Balk, Bert M., 1990. "Measurement of services in an input-output framework : Kimio Uno, (North-Holland, Amsterdam, 1989) pp. xviii+402, ISBN 0-444-70531-7, $109.75/Dfl. 225.00," European Journal of Political Economy, Elsevier, vol. 6(3), pages 438-439, December.
33. Balk, Bert M, 1990. "On Calculating Cost-of-Living Index Numbers for Arbitrary Income Levels," Econometrica, Econometric Society, vol. 58(1), pages 75-92, January.
34. Balk, Bert M., 1989. "World comparison of incomes, prices and product : J. Salazar-Carrillo and D.S. Prasada Rao, (North-Holland, Amsterdam, 1988) pp. x + 298, ISBN 0-444-70459-0, $86.75/Dfl. 165.00," European Journal of Political Economy, Elsevier, vol. 5(2-3), pages 416-419.
35. Balk, Bert M., 1986. "The behaviour of the cost of living at different levels of real income : A correction," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 20(3), pages 301-302.
36. Balk, Bert M., 1985. "Inflation variability and relative-price change variability in The Netherlands 1951-1981," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 19(1), pages 27-30.
37. Balk, Bert M., 1983. "Does there exist a relation between inflation and relative price-change variability? : The effect of the aggregation level," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 13(2-3), pages 173-180.
38. Balk, Bert M, 1981. "Second Thoughts on Wald's Cost-of-Living Index and Frisch's Double Expenditure Method," Econometrica, Econometric Society, vol. 49(6), pages 1553-1558, November.
39. Balk, B. M., 1978. "Inflation and its variability : Some comments and the Dutch case," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 1(4), pages 357-360.

Chapters

1. Bert M. Balk, 2022. "Symmetric Decompositions of Aggregate Output and Labour Productivity Growth: On Levels, (Non-)Additivity, and Misallocation," Springer Books, in: Duangkamon Chotikapanich & Alicia N. Rambaldi & Nicholas Rohde (ed.), Advances in Economic Measurement, chapter 0, pages 105-127, Springer.
2. Bert M. Balk, 2021. "A Framework Without Assumptions," Contributions to Economics, in: Productivity, chapter 0, pages 9-64, Springer.
3. Bert M. Balk, 2021. "The Top-Down Approach 3: Aggregate Total Factor Productivity Level," Contributions to Economics, in: Productivity, chapter 0, pages 215-234, Springer.
4. Bert M. Balk, 2021. "The Top-Down Approach 2: Aggregate Total Factor Productivity Index," Contributions to Economics, in: Productivity, chapter 0, pages 187-213, Springer.
5. Bert M. Balk, 2021. "Connecting the Two Approaches," Contributions to Economics, in: Productivity, chapter 0, pages 235-254, Springer.
6. Bert M. Balk, 2021. "Annual and Quarterly Measures," Contributions to Economics, in: Productivity, chapter 0, pages 93-107, Springer.
7. Bert M. Balk, 2021. "Dynamics: The Bottom-Up Approach," Contributions to Economics, in: Productivity, chapter 0, pages 109-164, Springer.
8. Bert M. Balk, 2021. "Introduction," Contributions to Economics, in: Productivity, chapter 0, pages 1-7, Springer.
9. Bert M. Balk, 2021. "Capital Input Cost," Contributions to Economics, in: Productivity, chapter 0, pages 65-92, Springer.
10. Bert M. Balk, 2021. "The Components of Total Factor Productivity Change," Contributions to Economics, in: Productivity, chapter 0, pages 255-312, Springer.
11. Bert M. Balk, 2021. "The Top-Down Approach 1: Aggregate Output and Simple Labour Productivity Indices," Contributions to Economics, in: Productivity, chapter 0, pages 165-185, Springer.
12. Bert M. Balk, 2018. "Aggregate Productivity and Productivity of the Aggregate: Connecting the Bottom-Up and Top-Down Approaches," Springer Proceedings in Business and Economics, in: William H. Greene & Lynda Khalaf & Paul Makdissi & Robin C. Sickles & Michael Veall & Marcel-Cristia (ed.), Productivity and Inequality, pages 119-141, Springer.
13. Bert M. Balk, 2016. "The Dynamics of Productivity Change: A Review of the Bottom-Up Approach," Springer Proceedings in Business and Economics, in: William H. Greene & Lynda Khalaf & Robin Sickles & Michael Veall & Marcel-Cristian Voia (ed.), Productivity and Efficiency Analysis, edition 1, chapter 0, pages 15-49, Springer.
14. Bert Balk, 2009. "Aggregation Methods in International Comparisons: an Evaluation," Chapters, in: D. S.P. Rao (ed.), Purchasing Power Parities of Currencies, chapter 3, pages 59-85, Edward Elgar Publishing.
15. Bert M. Balk, 2007. "Chapter 2 Measuring and Decomposing Productivity Change: The Basics," Advances in Health Economics and Health Services Research, in: Evaluating Hospital Policy and Performance: Contributions from Hospital Policy and Productivity Research, pages 13-32, Emerald Group Publishing Limited.
16. Bert M. Balk, 1996. "Van Ijzeren'S Method Of International Price And Volume Comparison," Contributions to Economic Analysis, in: International Comparisons of Prices, Output and Productivity, pages 179-186, Emerald Group Publishing Limited.

Books

1. Bert M. Balk, 2021. "Productivity," Contributions to Economics, Springer, number 978-3-030-75448-8.
2. Balk,Bert M., 2008. "Price and Quantity Index Numbers," Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press, number 9780521889070.
   • Balk,Bert M., 2012. "Price and Quantity Index Numbers," Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press, number 9781107404960.