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On the Characterization of Efficient Production Vectors

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  • Jean-Marc Bonnisseau

    (CES - Centre d'économie de la Sorbonne - UP1 - Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, PSE - Paris School of Economics - UP1 - Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne - ENS-PSL - École normale supérieure - Paris - PSL - Université Paris Sciences et Lettres - EHESS - École des hautes études en sciences sociales - ENPC - École nationale des ponts et chaussées - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement)

  • Bertrand Crettez

    (LIBRE - Laboratoire interdisciplinaire bisontin de recherches économiques - M.E.N.E.S.R. - Ministère de l'Education nationale, de l’Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche - UFC - Université de Franche-Comté - UBFC - Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté [COMUE])

Abstract

In this paper we study the efficient points of a closed production set with free disposal. We first provide a condition on the boundary of the production set, which is equivalent to the fact that all boundary points are efficient. When the production set is convex, we also give an alternative characterization of efficiency around a given production vector in terms of the profit maximization rule. In the non-convex case, this condition expressed with the marginal pricing rule is sufficient for efficiency. Then we study the Luenberger's shortage function. We first provide basic properties on it. Then, we prove that the above necessary condition at a production vector implies that the shortage function is locally Lipschitz continuous and the efficient points in a neighborhood are the zeros of it and conversely.

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  • Jean-Marc Bonnisseau & Bertrand Crettez, 2007. "On the Characterization of Efficient Production Vectors," PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint) halshs-00265699, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:pseptp:halshs-00265699
    DOI: 10.1007/s00199-006-0096-4
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    1. Nguyen Quang Huy & Do Sang Kim & Nguyen Van Tuyen, 2017. "Existence Theorems in Vector Optimization with Generalized Order," Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications, Springer, vol. 174(3), pages 728-745, September.
    2. Fabián Flores-Bazán & Sigifredo Laengle & Gino Loyola, 2013. "Characterizing the efficient points without closedness or free-disposability," Central European Journal of Operations Research, Springer;Slovak Society for Operations Research;Hungarian Operational Research Society;Czech Society for Operations Research;Österr. Gesellschaft für Operations Research (ÖGOR);Slovenian Society Informatika - Section for Operational Research;Croatian Operational Research Society, vol. 21(2), pages 401-410, March.
    3. R. Russell & William Schworm, 2011. "Properties of inefficiency indexes on 〈input, output〉 space," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, vol. 36(2), pages 143-156, October.
    4. Fabián Flores-Bazán & Fernando Flores-Bazán & Sigifredo Laengle, 2015. "Characterizing Efficiency on Infinite-dimensional Commodity Spaces with Ordering Cones Having Possibly Empty Interior," Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications, Springer, vol. 164(2), pages 455-478, February.
    5. Juan Aparicio & Fernando Borras & Jesus T. Pastor & Jose L. Zofio, 2016. "Loss Distance Functions and Profit Function: General Duality Results," International Series in Operations Research & Management Science, in: Juan Aparicio & C. A. Knox Lovell & Jesus T. Pastor (ed.), Advances in Efficiency and Productivity, chapter 0, pages 71-96, Springer.
    6. Forges, Françoise & Minelli, Enrico, 2009. "Afriat's theorem for general budget sets," Journal of Economic Theory, Elsevier, vol. 144(1), pages 135-145, January.

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    JEL classification:

    • D20 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - General
    • D61 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Allocative Efficiency; Cost-Benefit Analysis

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