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Analyzing Cost Efficient Production Behavior Under Economies of Scope: A Nonparametric Methodology

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  • Cherchye, Laurens

    () (K.U.Leuven)

  • De Rock, Bram

    () (ECARES, Free University of Brussels)

  • Vermeulen, Frederic

    () (Tilburg University)

Abstract

In designing a production model for firms that generate multiple outputs, we take as a starting point that such multi-output production refers to economies of scope, which in turn originate from joint input use and input externalities. We provide a nonparametric characterization of cost efficient behavior under these conditions, and subsequently institute necessary and sufficient conditions for data consistency with such efficient behavior that only include observed firm demand and supply data. We illustrate our methodology by examining the cost efficiency of research programs in Economics and Business Management faculties of Dutch universities. This application shows that the proposed methodology may entail robust conclusions regarding cost efficiency differences between universities within specific specialization areas, even when using shadow prices to evaluate the different inputs.

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Paper provided by Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) in its series IZA Discussion Papers with number 2319.

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Length: 32 pages
Date of creation: Sep 2006
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Publication status: published in: Operations Research, 2008, 56(1), 204-221
Handle: RePEc:iza:izadps:dp2319

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Keywords: nonparametric tests; production behavior; multi-product firms; input externalities; joint input use; economies of scope;

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  1. Cherchye, Laurens & Demuynck, Thomas & De Rock, Bram & De Witte, Kristof, 2011. "Nonparametric analysis of multi-output production with joint inputs," Open Access publications from Katholieke Universiteit Leuven urn:hdl:123456789/331174, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven.
  2. Laurens Cherchye & Bram De Rock & Frederic Vermeulen, 2010. "An Afriat theorem for the collective model of household consumption," ULB Institutional Repository 2013/131711, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles.
  3. Bruyneel, Sabrina & Cherchye, Laurens & De Rock, Bram, 2006. "Modeling collective rationality : an nonparametric test on experimental data," Open Access publications from Katholieke Universiteit Leuven urn:hdl:123456789/238133, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven.
  4. Nobibon, Fabrice T. & Cherchye, Laurens & De Rock, Bram & Sabbe, Jeroen & Spieksma, Frits C.R., 2008. "Heuristics for deciding collectively rational consumption behavior," Open Access publications from Katholieke Universiteit Leuven urn:hdl:123456789/198271, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven.

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