Report NEP-EFF-2026-10-26

This is the archive for NEP-EFF, a report on new working papers in the area of Efficiency and Productivity. Angelo Zago issued this report. It is usually issued weekly.

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• Zeng, Shipei & Parsons, Stephanie & Diewert, W. Erwin & Fox, Kevin J., 2026, "Productivity Inequality," Discussion Papers, Economic Statistics Centre of Excellence, number escoe-dp-2026-14, Oct.
• Chun Pang Chow & Hiroyuki Kasahara & Atsuki Kotani & Yoichi Sugita, 2026, "The Impact of Electrification on Quality and Productivity: Evidence from Japanese Cotton Spinning," IMES Discussion Paper Series, Institute for Monetary and Economic Studies, Bank of Japan, number 26-E-13, Oct.
• Xiaoqing CHEN & Kristiaan KERSTENS & Shirong ZHAO, 2026, "Testing Cost Function Convexity under Nonconvex Variable Returns-to-Scale Technologies: Evidence from U.S. Banks," Working Papers, IESEG School of Management, number 2026-EQM-04, Jun.
• Nonnis, Alberto & Roth, Felix & Bounfour, Ahmed, 2026, "Measurement Discrepancies in Intangible Capital: Evidence from Five Advanced Economies," Hamburg Discussion Papers in International Economics, University of Hamburg, Department of Economics, number 22.
• Jeremy Pearce, 2026, "Revenue per Worker Is Up. Are Firms Getting a Larger Share?," Liberty Street Economics, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, number 20261015, Oct, DOI: 10.59576/lse.20261015.
• Shirong ZHAO & Kristiaan KERSTENS & Tiantian REN, 2026, "Robust Nonparametric Partial Frontier Input Distance Function Estimates: Testing and Rejecting Convexity," Working Papers, IESEG School of Management, number 2026-EQM-02, Apr.
• Wildmer Daniel Gregori & Fabio Di Dio & Lorenzo Frattarolo & Maria Martinez-Cillero, 2026, "Environmental Regulation, Abatement Capital and Investment: Evidence from EU ETS," Working Papers, Banco de Portugal, Economics and Research Department, number w202608.
• Xiaoqing CHEN & Kristiaan KERSTENS & Shuqi XU & Shirong ZHAO, 2026, "Measuring Operational Inefficiency in Urban Road Traffic Systems Using a By-Production Technology: A Machine Learning Approach Based on Convex and Nonconvex Efficiency Analysis Trees," Working Papers, IESEG School of Management, number 2026-EQM-05, Jun.
• Hilda SALEH & Morteza SHAFIEE & Kristiaan KERSTENS, 2026, "Modelling Nonconvex Network Production Technologies in Wheat Supply Chains: Centralized and Decentralised Approaches," Working Papers, IESEG School of Management, number 2026-EQM-03, Apr.
• Kirchmaier, Tom & Machin, Stephen & Sandi, Matteo & Witt, Robert, 2026, "Productivity in teams: double crewing for police," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library, number 141338, Sep.
• Curtis, Panayiotis & Sdrali, Despina & Apostolopoulos, Constantinos, 2026, "From Volume to Value: Rethinking Tourism Destination Competitiveness through Governance, Sustainability and Capital Productivity," EconStor Conference Papers, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, number 344151.
• Pauline Carry & Claire Montialoux & Elio Nimier-David & Alexandra Roulet & Nina Roussille, 2026, "The Effects of a Shorter Workweek on Employment, Output, and Productivity," NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc, number 35917, Oct.
• Karin Klieber & Michael Sigmund & Maria Teresa Valderrama, 2026, "Monetary Policy and Firm-Level Productivity: Financial Frictions, Theory, and Causal Evidence," Working Papers, Oesterreichische Nationalbank (Austrian Central Bank), number 284, Oct.
• Haochuan Wang, 2026, "Revenue Growth and Staff Expense: A Public-Company Follow-Up to Eclipse of Rent-Sharing," Papers, arXiv.org, number 2610.23869, Sep.
• Schnabel, Oliver & Nasir, Rabiya & Mullane, Fintan & Wickersham, Tom, 2026, "Tracking management practices over time: Response rates and survey design choices behind the UK Management and Expectations Survey," Technical Reports, Economic Statistics Centre of Excellence, number escoe-tr-35, Oct.
• Heyman, Fredrik & Sjöholm, Fredrik, 2026, "The Geoeconomic Footprint of Chinese Acquisitions: Micro-Evidence on Target Firms," Working Paper Series, Research Institute of Industrial Economics, number 1569, Oct.
• Glenn Magerman & Alberto Palazzolo & Emmanuel Dhyne & Andras Borsos & Dmitry Kulikov & Andrea Linarello & Alari Paulus & Giacomo Romanini & Martín Saldias, 2026, "Beyond firm size: network position and shock transmission in firm-to-firm production networks across five economies," Working Papers, Banco de Portugal, Economics and Research Department, number w202611.
• Tiantian REN & Kristiaan KERSTENS & Pieter Jan KERSTENS & Albane Christine TARNAUD, 2026, "Multi-Moment and Multi-Time Nonparametric Frontier-Based Mutual Fund Rating: A Buy-and-Hold Backtesting Strategy with Robust Moment Statistics and a Baseline Comparison," Working Papers, IESEG School of Management, number 2026-EQM-07, Sep.
• Giovanni CESARONI & Kristiaan KERSTENS & Amin MOSTAFAEE & Majid SOLEIMANI-DAMANEH, 2026, "Global Economies of Scale in Nonconvex Cost Functions: New Proposals and Empirical Illustration," Working Papers, IESEG School of Management, number 2026-EQM-06, Aug.
• Dominique Desbois, 2026, "Regional analysis of specific costs in agricultural production: use of the Wasserstein distance
  [Analyse régionale des coûts spécifiques en production agricole : utilisation de la distance de Wasserstein]," Post-Print, HAL, number hal-05785136, Oct, DOI: 10.20870/Revue-NOVAE.2026.10433.
• Audrey DUMAS & Kristiaan KERSTENS & Poleth VEGA RUALES, 2026, "Glass Ceilings and Sticky Floors in France: Quantile and Frontier Hedonic Wage Analysis of the Gender Pay Gap," Working Papers, IESEG School of Management, number 2026-EQM-01, Mar.