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The Frontier Approach to the Measurement of Productivity and Technical Efficiency

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In 1957, Farrell proposed to measure technical (in)efficiency as the realised deviation from a frontier isoquant. Since then, the research has developed several methods to derive the production frontier and it has also extended its scope in applying frontier techniques to the measurement of total factor productivity. In this paper, I present the core techniques for the measurement of technical efficiency and productivity based on the notion of frontier and introduce the more recent technological advances in the field.

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  • V Sena, 2003. "The Frontier Approach to the Measurement of Productivity and Technical Efficiency," Economic Issues Journal Articles, Economic Issues, vol. 8(2), pages 71-97, September.
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    9. Degla, Pamphile, 2015. "Technical Efficiency in Producing Cashew Nuts in Benin’s Savanna Zone, West Africa," Quarterly Journal of International Agriculture, Humboldt-Universitaat zu Berlin, vol. 54(2), pages 1-16, May.

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