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Efficiency Models in Data Envelopment Analysis

Techniques of Evaluation of Productivity of Firms in a Growing Economy

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  • © 2006

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  1. Jati Sengupta
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  2. Biresh Sahoo
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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Productivity and Efficiency Analysis

    • Jati Sengupta, Biresh Sahoo
    Pages 1-35

  3. Cost Efficiency in Models of Data Envelopment Analysis

    • Jati Sengupta, Biresh Sahoo
    Pages 36-81

  4. R&D Spending and Efficiency in Computer and Pharmaceutical Industries

    • Jati Sengupta, Biresh Sahoo
    Pages 82-112

  5. Comparison of Various Efficiency Measures: An Application to Banks in India

    • Jati Sengupta, Biresh Sahoo
    Pages 113-142

  6. Scale, Scope, and Capacity Utilization in the Indian Banking Industry

    • Jati Sengupta, Biresh Sahoo
    Pages 143-171

  7. Scale Elasticity and Congestion in the Banking Industry of India

    • Jati Sengupta, Biresh Sahoo
    Pages 172-193

  8. Examining Performance Variations of (Life) Insurance and Iron Industries of India

    • Jati Sengupta, Biresh Sahoo
    Pages 194-229

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 231-245
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This volume discusses the latest techniques and their economic applications for modern industries like computer, pharmaceutical, banking and other manufacturing. Both econometric and mathematical programming techniques are analyzed so as to develop a synthetic approach.

About the authors

JATI SENGUPTA is Professor of Economics at the University of California Santa Barbara, USA. He is an international expert in efficiency theory and decision analysis under uncertainty. He has published three research monographs on applied efficiency theory including data envelopment analysis. He has international consulting experience at the World Bank, Ford Foundation and other agencies.

BIRESH SALOO is Associate Professor of Economics at the Amrita School of Business, India. He has been a recipient of the Postdoctoral Fellowship in 2001-02 under the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Postdoctoral Fellowship programme. His work has been published in scholarly journals, such as Annals of Operations Research, European Journal of Operational Research, International Journal of Production Economics, International Journal of Systems Science, International Journal of Applied Economics and Econometrics, Socio-Economic Planning Sciences and OPSEARCH. His research interest lies in production theory and its application using data envelopment analysis.

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