Authors
Citation
Bm. Balk, ON APPROXIMATING THE INDIRECT MALMQUIST PRODUCTIVITY INDEXES BY FISHER INDEXES, JOURNAL OF PRODUCTIVITY ANALYSIS, 6(3), 1995, pp. 195-200
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Business,"Social Sciences, Mathematical Methods
Journal title
ISSN journal
0895562X
Volume
6
Issue
3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
195 - 200
Database
ISI
SICI code
0895-562X(1995)6:3<195:OATIMP>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
In this paper it is shown that under certain assumptions the Cost Indi
rect Malmquist Productivity Index, which is a natural productivity mea
sure for a cost constrained firm, can be approximated as the ratio of
the Fisher output quantity index and the cost index.