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Handbook of Production Economics

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Editors:
  1. Subhash C. Ray

    1. Department of Economics, University of Connecticut, Storrs, USA

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  2. Robert G. Chambers

    1. Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Maryland, College Park, USA

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  3. Subal C. Kumbhakar

    1. Department of Economics, Binghamton University, Binghamton, USA

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  • Presents an overview of neoclassical production economics
  • Includes the dual approach to production analysis and puts modern production economics in proper historical perspective
  • Includes comprehensive surveys of applications of the theoretical models and empirical applications in such sectors as manufacturing, agriculture, banking, energy and environment, and more

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This two-volume handbook includes surveys of the state of the art in different areas of neoclassical production economics. Volume 1 will cover theoretical and methodological issues only. Volume 2 will include surveys of empirical applications in different areas like manufacturing, agriculture, banking, energy and environment, and so forth.

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Table of contents (45 entries)

  1. Airline Economics: A Survey of Applied Issues in the Performance of the US and International Airline Industry

    • Levent Kutlu, Daniel Prudencio, Robin C. Sickles

  2. Reminiscences of “Returns to Scale in Electricity Supply”

    • Marc Nerlove

  3. Bad Outputs

    • Sushama Murty, R. Robert Russell

  4. Market Structures in Production Economics

    • Devin Garcia, Levent Kutlu, Robin C. Sickles

  5. Multiproduct Technologies

    • R. Färe, D. Primont, W. L. Weber

  6. Production Under Uncertainty

    • Robert G. Chambers

  7. Capacity and Capacity Utilization in Production Economics

    • Dale Squires, Kathleen Segerson

  8. Index Numbers and Productivity Measurement

    • D. S. Prasada Rao

  9. Stochastic Frontier Analysis: Foundations and Advances I

    • Subal C. Kumbhakar, Christopher F. Parmeter, Valentin Zelenyuk

  10. Elasticities of Substitution

    • R. Robert Russell

  11. Stochastic Frontier Analysis: Foundations and Advances II

    • Subal C. Kumbhakar, Christopher F. Parmeter, Valentin Zelenyuk

  12. Cost, Revenue, and Profit Function Estimates

    • Levent Kutlu, Shasha Liu, Robin C. Sickles

  13. Economics of Externalities: An Overview

    • Jean-Paul Chavas

  14. Distance Functions in Production Economics

    • Robert G. Chambers, Rolf Färe

  15. Nonconvexity in Production and Cost Functions: An Exploratory and Selective Review

    • Walter Briec, Kristiaan Kerstens, Ignace Van de Woestyne

  16. Shadow Pricing in Production Economics

    • Rolf Färe, Shawna Grosskopf, Dimitris Margaritis

  17. Dynamic Analysis of Production

    • Spiro E. Stefanou

  18. Neoclassical Production Economics: An Introduction

    • Robert G. Chambers, Subhash C. Ray

  19. Aggregation of Efficiency and Productivity: From Firm to Sector and Higher Levels

    • Valentin Zelenyuk

  20. Choice of Inputs and Outputs for Production Analysis

    • Subhash C. Ray
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Economics, University of Connecticut, Storrs, USA

    Subhash C. Ray

  • Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Maryland, College Park, USA

    Robert G. Chambers

  • Department of Economics, Binghamton University, Binghamton, USA

    Subal C. Kumbhakar

About the editors

Subhash C. Ray is professor in the Department of Economics, University of Connecticut, in Storrs, Connecticut, USA.

Robert G. Chambers is professor in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Maryland, College Park in Maryland, USA.

Subal C. Kumbhakar is professor in the Department of Economics, Binghamton University, in New York State, USA.

Some contributors:
W Erwin Diewert (Vancouver School of Economics), Knox Lovell (University of Queensland), Bob Russell (UC Riverside and University of NSW), Rolf Fare (University of Oregon), Finn Forsund (University of Oslo), Spiro Stefanou (U of Florida), Victor Podinovski (University of Loughboro), Kathleen Segerson (University of Connecticut)

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