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Measuring Efficiency in Northern Ireland Manufacturing Using a Frontier Production Function Approach

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  • Harris, Richard I D

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There have been few attempts to directly measure efficiency at a regional level, especially within the U.K. context. This study estimates a cross-section production function using a frontier approach and data drawn from individual firms. It therefore provides direct estimates of the inefficiency and the extent to which it varies across sectors. Furthermore, an attempt to explain the causes of inter-firm differences in inefficiency has been undertaken, in order to provide some guidelines for regional policymakers. The outcome of this latter exercise suggests that scale economies are important, as is the employment composition of the firm and the availability of adequately trained personnel in the regional labor market; external ownership of firms has brought some positive benefits for efficiency. Copyright 1991 by Scottish Economic Society.

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  • Harris, Richard I D, 1991. "Measuring Efficiency in Northern Ireland Manufacturing Using a Frontier Production Function Approach," Scottish Journal of Political Economy, Scottish Economic Society, vol. 38(4), pages 386-397, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:scotjp:v:38:y:1991:i:4:p:386-97
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    1. Schalk Hans Joachim & Untiedt Gerhard & Lüschow Jörg, 1995. "Technische Effizienz, Wachstum und Konvergenz in den Arbeitsmarktregionen der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (West). Eine ökonometrische Analyse für die Verarbeitende Industrie mit einem „Frontier Product," Journal of Economics and Statistics (Jahrbuecher fuer Nationaloekonomie und Statistik), De Gruyter, vol. 214(1), pages 25-49, February.
    2. Diop, Hamady & Keithly, Walter R., Jr. & Kazmierczak, Richard F., Jr. & Diagne, Assane, 2007. "Economic And Physical Measures of Efficiency: the Case of the Gulf of Mexico Grouper Fishery," 2007 Annual Meeting, February 4-7, 2007, Mobile, Alabama 34915, Southern Agricultural Economics Association.
    3. Belén Iráizoz Apezteguía & Manuel Rapún Gárate, 1997. "Technical efficiency in the Spanish agrofood industry," Agricultural Economics, International Association of Agricultural Economists, vol. 17(2-3), pages 179-189, December.

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