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Gary D. Ferrier

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https://walton.uark.edu/departments/economics/directory/uid/gferrier/name/Gary+D.+Ferrier/

Affiliation

Department of Economics
Walton College of Business
University of Arkansas

Fayetteville, Arkansas (United States)
https://walton.uark.edu/departments/economics/
RePEc:edi:deuarus (more details at EDIRC)

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Working papers

  1. Jean-Philippe Boussemart & Gary Ferrier & Herve Leleu & Zhiyang Shen, 2020. "An expanded decomposition of the Luenberger productivity indicator with an application to the Chinese healthcare sector," Post-Print hal-02107527, HAL.
  2. Ferrier, Gary D. & Johnson, Andrew L. & Layer, Kevin & Sickles, Robin C., 2018. "Direction Selection in Stochastic Directional Distance Functions," Working Papers 18-010, Rice University, Department of Economics.
  3. Gary Ferrier & Herve Leleu & Vivian Valdmanis & Michael Vardanyan, 2017. "A directional distance function approach for identifying the input/output status of medical residents," Post-Print hal-01744641, HAL.
  4. Aude Deville & G. Ferrier & H. Leleu, 2014. "Measuring the performance of hierarchical organizations: an application to bank efficiency at the regional and branch levels," Post-Print hal-01052603, HAL.
  5. G. Ferrier & H. Leleu & J. Moises & V. Valdmanis, 2013. "The focus efficiency of U.S. Hospitals," Post-Print hal-01052726, HAL.
  6. Aude Deville & Hervé Leleu & Gary Ferrier, 2012. "Performance measures for hierarchical organizations: A decision support tool," Post-Print hal-02118912, HAL.
  7. G. Ferrier & H. Leleu & V. Valdmanis, 2010. "The impact of CON regulation on hospital efficiency," Post-Print halshs-00481992, HAL.
  8. Aude Deville & Gary D. Ferrier & Hervé Leleu, 2009. "Performance measures for hierarchical organizations: Frontier analysis as a decision support tool," Working Papers 2009-ECO-01, IESEG School of Management.
  9. Gary D. Ferrier & Hervé Leleu & James Moises & Vivian Valdmanis, 2009. "The Size and Service Offering Efficiencies of U.S. Hospitals," Working Papers 2009-ECO-09, IESEG School of Management.
  10. H. Leleu & G. Ferrier & V. Valdmanis, 2007. "Resource utilization in U.S. hospital markets," Post-Print hal-00204730, HAL.
  11. G. Ferrier & H. Leleu & V. Valdmanis, 2007. "Hospital Capacity in Large Urban Areas: Is There Enough in Times of Need?," Post-Print hal-00259515, HAL.
  12. H. Leleu & G. Ferrier & V. Valdmanis, 2007. "Structural Efficiency and the Evaluation of Certificate of Needs Regulations," Post-Print hal-00204596, HAL.
  13. Gary D. Ferrier & James H. Smalhout, 2003. "Structure, performance and conduct in the mutual fund industry: some implications for banks," Proceedings 867, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.
  14. Estelle James & Gary Ferrier & James Smalhout & Dimitri Vittas, 1999. "Mutual Funds and Institutional Investments: What is the Most Efficient Way to Set Up Individual Accounts in a Social Security System?," NBER Working Papers 7049, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  15. Robert A. Eisenbeis & Gary D. Ferrier & Simon H. Kwan, 1999. "The informativeness of stochastic frontier and programming frontier efficiency scores: Cost efficiency and other measures of bank holding company performance," FRB Atlanta Working Paper 99-23, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta.
  16. Ferrier, G.D. & Hirschberg, J.G., 1998. "Can We Bootstrap DEA Scores?," Department of Economics - Working Papers Series 627, The University of Melbourne.
  17. Paul W. Bauer & Allen N. Berger & Gary D. Ferrier & David B. Humphrey, 1997. "Consistency conditions for regulatory analysis of financial institutions: a comparison of frontier efficiency methods," Financial Services working paper 97-02, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland.
  18. Paul W. Bauer & Gary D. Ferrier, 1996. "Scale economies, cost efficiencies, and technological change in Federal Reserve payments," Financial Services working paper 96-01, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland.
  19. DE BORGER, Bruno & FERRIER, G.D. & KERSTENS, K., 1995. "The choice of a technical efficiency measure on the Free Disposal Hull reference technology: A comparison using US banking data," SESO Working Papers 1995001, University of Antwerp, Faculty of Business and Economics.
  20. FERRIER, Gary & KERSTENS, Kris & VANDEN EECKAUT, Philippe, 1994. "Radial and Nonradial Technical Efficiency Measures on a DEA Reference Technology : A Comparison using US Banking Data," LIDAM Discussion Papers CORE 1994023, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE).

Articles

  1. Vardanyan, Michael & Valdmanis, Vivian G. & Leleu, Hervé & Ferrier, Gary D., 2022. "Estimating technology characteristics of the U.S. hospital industry using directional distance functions with optimal directions," Omega, Elsevier, vol. 113(C).
  2. Layer, Kevin & Johnson, Andrew L. & Sickles, Robin C. & Ferrier, Gary D., 2020. "Direction selection in stochastic directional distance functions," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 280(1), pages 351-364.
  3. Boussemart, Jean-Philippe & Ferrier, Gary D. & Leleu, Hervé & Shen, Zhiyang, 2020. "An expanded decomposition of the Luenberger productivity indicator with an application to the Chinese healthcare sector," Omega, Elsevier, vol. 91(C).
  4. Shen, Zhiyang & Baležentis, Tomas & Ferrier, Gary D., 2019. "Agricultural productivity evolution in China: A generalized decomposition of the Luenberger-Hicks-Moorsteen productivity indicator," China Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 57(C).
  5. Gary D. Ferrier & Hervé Leleu & Vivian G. Valdmanis & Michael Vardanyan, 2018. "A directional distance function approach for identifying the input/output status of medical residents," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 50(9), pages 1006-1021, February.
  6. Christophe Bravard & Sudipta Sarangi & GARY D. FERRIER & JAVIER REYES & ZHEN ZHU, 2016. "Technology Diffusion on the International Trade Network," Journal of Public Economic Theory, Association for Public Economic Theory, vol. 18(2), pages 291-312, April.
  7. Gary Ferrier & Paul Bauer, 2014. "Memoriam to Professor Ralph William “Bill” Pfouts," Atlantic Economic Journal, Springer;International Atlantic Economic Society, vol. 42(4), pages 347-348, December.
  8. Williams, Brent D. & Waller, Matthew A. & Ahire, Sanjay & Ferrier, Gary D., 2014. "Predicting retailer orders with POS and order data: The inventory balance effect," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 232(3), pages 593-600.
  9. Gary D. Ferrier, 2014. "Improving the "usefulness" of stochastic frontier analysis for health care," Economics and Business Letters, Oviedo University Press, vol. 3(1), pages 27-34.
  10. Gary Ferrier & Hervé Leleu & James Moises & Vivian Valdmanis, 2013. "The Focus Efficiency of U.S. Hospitals," Atlantic Economic Journal, Springer;International Atlantic Economic Society, vol. 41(3), pages 241-263, September.
  11. Gary Ferrier & Julie Trivitt, 2013. "Incorporating quality into the measurement of hospital efficiency: a double DEA approach," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, vol. 40(3), pages 337-355, December.
  12. Gary Ferrier & Michael Rosko & Vivian Valdmanis, 2011. "Response to modeling and notation of DEA with strong and weak disposable outputs," Health Care Management Science, Springer, vol. 14(4), pages 389-390, November.
  13. Gary Ferrier & Hervé Leleu & Vivian Valdmanis, 2010. "The impact of CON regulation on hospital efficiency," Health Care Management Science, Springer, vol. 13(1), pages 84-100, March.
  14. Gary Ferrier & Hervé Leleu & Vivian Valdmanis, 2009. "Hospital capacity in large urban areas: is there enough in times of need?," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, vol. 32(2), pages 103-117, October.
  15. Gary Ferrier & Michael Rosko & Vivian Valdmanis, 2006. "Analysis of uncompensated hospital care using a DEA model of output congestion," Health Care Management Science, Springer, vol. 9(2), pages 181-188, May.
  16. Bouillon, Marvin L. & Ferrier, Gary D. & Stuebs, Martin Jr. & West, Timothy D., 2006. "The economic benefit of goal congruence and implications for management control systems," Journal of Accounting and Public Policy, Elsevier, vol. 25(3), pages 265-298.
  17. G D Ferrier & V G Valdmanis, 2004. "Do mergers improve hospital productivity?," Journal of the Operational Research Society, Palgrave Macmillan;The OR Society, vol. 55(10), pages 1071-1080, October.
  18. Benoit Dervaux & Gary Ferrier & Herve Leleu & Vivian Valdmanis, 2004. "Comparing French and US hospital technologies: a directional input distance function approach," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 36(10), pages 1065-1081.
  19. Gary Ferrier & Joseph Hirschberg, 1999. "Can We Bootstrap DEA Scores?," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, vol. 11(1), pages 81-92, February.
  20. E. Tylor Claggett & Gary D. Ferrier, 1998. "The efficiency of TVA power distributors," Managerial and Decision Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 19(6), pages 365-376.
  21. Borger, Bruno De & Ferrier, Gary D. & Kerstens, Kristiaan, 1998. "The choice of a technical efficiency measure on the free disposal hull reference technology: A comparison using US banking data," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 105(3), pages 427-446, March.
  22. Bauer, Paul W. & Berger, Allen N. & Ferrier, Gary D. & Humphrey, David B., 1998. "Consistency Conditions for Regulatory Analysis of Financial Institutions: A Comparison of Frontier Efficiency Methods," Journal of Economics and Business, Elsevier, vol. 50(2), pages 85-114, March.
  23. Ferrier, Gary D. & Klinedinst, Mark & Linvill, Carl B., 1998. "Static and Dynamic Productivity among Yugoslav Enterprises: Components and Correlates," Journal of Comparative Economics, Elsevier, vol. 26(4), pages 805-821, December.
  24. Gary Ferrier & Joseph Hirschberg, 1997. "Bootstrapping Confidence Intervals for Linear Programming Efficiency Scores: With an Illustration Using Italian Banking Data," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, vol. 8(1), pages 19-33, March.
  25. Ferrantino, Michael J. & Ferrier, Gary D., 1996. "Best-practice technology in an adverse environment: The case of Indian sugar, 1981-1986," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 29(3), pages 493-522, May.
  26. Paul W. Bauer & Gary D. Ferrier, 1996. "Scale economies, cost efficiencies, and technological change in Federal Reserve payments processing," Proceedings, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.), pages 1004-1044.
  27. Ferrantino Michael J. & Ferrier Gary D. & Linvill Carl B., 1995. "Organizational Form and Efficiency: Evidence from Indian Sugar Manufacturing," Journal of Comparative Economics, Elsevier, vol. 21(1), pages 29-53, August.
  28. Douglas, Stratford M & Conway, Karen Smith & Ferrier, Gary D, 1995. "A Switching Frontier Model for Imperfect Sample Separation Information: With an Application to Constrained Labor Supply," International Economic Review, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania and Osaka University Institute of Social and Economic Research Association, vol. 36(2), pages 503-529, May.
  29. Ferrantino, Michael J. & Ferrier, Gary D., 1995. "The technical efficiency of vacuum-pan sugar industry of India: An application of a stochastic frontier production function using panel data," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 80(3), pages 639-653, February.
  30. Goffe, William L. & Ferrier, Gary D. & Rogers, John, 1994. "Global optimization of statistical functions with simulated annealing," Journal of Econometrics, Elsevier, vol. 60(1-2), pages 65-99.
  31. Ferrier, Gary D. & Grosskopf, Shawna & Hayes, Kathy J. & Yaisawarng, Suthathip, 1993. "Economies of diversification in the banking industry : A frontier approach," Journal of Monetary Economics, Elsevier, vol. 31(2), pages 229-249, April.
  32. Ferrier, Gary D., 1993. "Discussants' comments on Pi and Timme, Grabowski et al. and Fare and Primont," Journal of Banking & Finance, Elsevier, vol. 17(2-3), pages 545-549, April.
  33. Goffe, William L & Ferrier, Gary D & Rogers, John, 1992. "Simulated Annealing: An Initial Application in Econometrics," Computer Science in Economics & Management, Kluwer;Society for Computational Economics, vol. 5(2), pages 133-146, May.
  34. G.D. Ferrier & J. G. Hirschberg, 1992. "Climate Control Efficiency," The Energy Journal, International Association for Energy Economics, vol. 0(Number 1), pages 37-54.
  35. G. D. Ferrier & P. K. Porter, 1991. "The Productive Efficiency Of Us Milk Processing Co‐Operatives," Journal of Agricultural Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 42(2), pages 161-173, May.
  36. Ferrier, Gary D. & Lovell, C. A. Knox, 1990. "Measuring cost efficiency in banking : Econometric and linear programming evidence," Journal of Econometrics, Elsevier, vol. 46(1-2), pages 229-245.

Software components

  1. William L. Goffe & Gary D. Ferrier & John Rogers, 1992. "SIMANN: FORTRAN module to perform Global Optimization of Statistical Functions with Simulated Annealing," Computational Economics Software Archive CS05.133, Kluwer Academic Publishers.
  2. William L. Goffe & Gary D. Ferrier & John Rogers, "undated". "Programme to "Global Optimization of Statistical Functions with Simulated Annealing"," Fortran codes simanneal, .

Chapters

  1. Estelle James & Gary Ferrier & James H. Smalhout & Dimitri Vittas, 2000. "Mutual Funds and Institutional Investments: What Is the Most Efficient Way to Set Up Individual Accounts in a Social Security System?," NBER Chapters, in: Administrative Aspects of Investment-Based Social Security Reform, pages 77-136, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.

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NEP is an announcement service for new working papers, with a weekly report in each of many fields. This author has had 7 papers announced in NEP. These are the fields, ordered by number of announcements, along with their dates. If the author is listed in the directory of specialists for this field, a link is also provided.
  1. NEP-EFF: Efficiency and Productivity (6) 1998-10-15 2009-10-31 2009-10-31 2014-06-07 2018-03-05 2019-04-22. Author is listed
  2. NEP-HEA: Health Economics (3) 2009-10-31 2014-06-07 2018-03-05
  3. NEP-ACC: Accounting and Auditing (1) 2009-10-31
  4. NEP-CSE: Economics of Strategic Management (1) 2009-10-31
  5. NEP-ECM: Econometrics (1) 2019-04-22
  6. NEP-FIN: Finance (1) 1999-05-17
  7. NEP-IAS: Insurance Economics (1) 1999-05-17
  8. NEP-IFN: International Finance (1) 1998-10-15
  9. NEP-MIC: Microeconomics (1) 2009-10-31
  10. NEP-MON: Monetary Economics (1) 1998-10-15
  11. NEP-PKE: Post Keynesian Economics (1) 1999-05-17
  12. NEP-TRA: Transition Economics (1) 2018-03-05

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