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Finn R. Førsund
(Finn R. Forsund)

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Working papers

  1. Edvardsen, Dag Fjeld & Førsund, Finn & Kittelsen, Sverre A. C, 2016. "Productivity Development of Norwegian Institutions of Higher Education 2004 – 2013," Memorandum 04/2016, Oslo University, Department of Economics.

    Cited by:

    1. Pontus Mattsson & Jonas Månsson & Christian Andersson & Fredrik Bonander, 2018. "A bootstrapped Malmquist index applied to Swedish district courts," European Journal of Law and Economics, Springer, vol. 46(1), pages 109-139, August.
    2. Mattsson, Pontus & Tidanå, Claes, 2019. "Potential efficiency effects of merging the Swedish district courts," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 67(C), pages 58-68.
    3. Katerina Guba & Mikhail Sokolov & Angelika Tsivinskaya, 2020. "Fictitious Efficiency: What the Russian Survey of Performance of Higher Education Institutions Actually Assessed," Voprosy obrazovaniya / Educational Studies Moscow, National Research University Higher School of Economics, issue 1, pages 97-125.
    4. Губа К. С. & Соколов М. М. & Цивинская А. О., 2020. "Фиктивная Эффективность: Что На Самом Деле Оценивал Мониторинг Эффективности Образовательных Организаций," Вопросы образования // Educational Studies Moscow, National Research University Higher School of Economics, issue 1, pages 97-125.
    5. Manuel Salas-Velasco, 2020. "Measuring and explaining the production efficiency of Spanish universities using a non-parametric approach and a bootstrapped-truncated regression," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 122(2), pages 825-846, February.
    6. Omphile Temoso & Lindikaya W. Myeki, 2023. "Estimating South African Higher Education Productivity and Its Determinants Using Färe-Primont Index: Are Historically Disadvantaged Universities Catching Up?," Research in Higher Education, Springer;Association for Institutional Research, vol. 64(2), pages 206-227, March.

  2. Førsund, Finn, 2015. "Economic Perspectives on DEA," Memorandum 10/2015, Oslo University, Department of Economics.

    Cited by:

    1. Førsund, Finn R., 2018. "Economic interpretations of DEA," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 61(C), pages 9-15.

  3. Førsund, Finn. R., 2015. "Productivity Interpretations of the Farrell Efficiency Measures and the Malmquist Index and its Decomposition," Memorandum 14/2015, Oslo University, Department of Economics.

    Cited by:

    1. Dag Fjeld Edvardsen & Finn R. Førsund & Sverre A. C. Kittelsen, 2017. "Productivity development of Norwegian institutions of higher education 2004–2013," Journal of the Operational Research Society, Palgrave Macmillan;The OR Society, vol. 68(4), pages 399-415, April.

  4. Førsund, Finn R., 2013. "Measuring Efficiency and Effectiveness in the Public Sector," Memorandum 16/2013, Oslo University, Department of Economics.

    Cited by:

    1. Hanson, Torbjørn, 2016. "Efficiency and productivity in the operational units of the armed forces: A Norwegian example," International Journal of Production Economics, Elsevier, vol. 179(C), pages 12-23.
    2. Hanson, Torbjørn, 2016. "Estimating output mix effectiveness: A scenario approach," Memorandum 14/2016, Oslo University, Department of Economics.

  5. Krivonozhko, Vladimir E. & Førsund, Finn R. & Lychev, Andrey V., 2012. "Measurement of Returns to Scale Using Non-Radial DEA Models," Memorandum 29/2012, Oslo University, Department of Economics.

    Cited by:

    1. June Raymond Leonen Mariano & Mingyu Liao & Herchang Ay, 2021. "Performance Evaluation of Solar PV Power Plants in Taiwan Using Data Envelopment Analysis," Energies, MDPI, vol. 14(15), pages 1-14, July.
    2. Beltrán-Esteve, Mercedes & Picazo-Tadeo, Andrés J., 2015. "Assessing environmental performance trends in the transport industry: Eco-innovation or catching-up?," Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 51(C), pages 570-580.
    3. Mehdiloozad, Mahmood & Zhu, Joe & Sahoo, Biresh K., 2018. "Identification of congestion in data envelopment analysis under the occurrence of multiple projections: A reliable method capable of dealing with negative data," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 265(2), pages 644-654.
    4. Hao Cai & Ling Liang & Jing Tang & Qianxian Wang & Lihong Wei & Jiaping Xie, 2019. "An Empirical Study on the Efficiency and Influencing Factors of the Photovoltaic Industry in China and an Analysis of Its Influencing Factors," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(23), pages 1-22, November.
    5. Førsund, Finn & Krivonozhko, Vladimir W & Lychev, Andrey V., 2016. "Smoothing the frontier in the DEA models," Memorandum 11/2016, Oslo University, Department of Economics.
    6. Mohammad Izadikhah & Reza Farzipoor Saen, 2020. "Ranking sustainable suppliers by context-dependent data envelopment analysis," Annals of Operations Research, Springer, vol. 293(2), pages 607-637, October.
    7. Arnaud Abad & Paola Ravelojaona, 2017. "Exponential environmental productivity index and indicators," Post-Print hal-03025344, HAL.
    8. Tao Ding & Zhixiang Zhou & Qianzhi Dai & Liang Liang, 2020. "Analysis of China’s Regional Economic Environmental Performance: A Non-radial Multi-objective DEA Approach," Computational Economics, Springer;Society for Computational Economics, vol. 55(4), pages 1209-1231, April.
    9. Beltrán-Esteve, Mercedes & Picazo-Tadeo, Andrés J., 2017. "Assessing environmental performance in the European Union: Eco-innovation versus catching-up," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 104(C), pages 240-252.
    10. Beltrán-Esteve, Mercedes, 2013. "Assessing technical efficiency in traditional olive grove systems: a directional metadistance function approach," Economia Agraria y Recursos Naturales, Spanish Association of Agricultural Economists, vol. 13(02), pages 1-24, December.
    11. Halická, Margaréta & Trnovská, Mária, 2021. "A unified approach to non-radial graph models in data envelopment analysis: common features, geometry, and duality," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 289(2), pages 611-627.
    12. Victor V. Podinovski & Robert G. Chambers & Kazim Baris Atici & Iryna D. Deineko, 2016. "Marginal Values and Returns to Scale for Nonparametric Production Frontiers," Operations Research, INFORMS, vol. 64(1), pages 236-250, February.
    13. Qinglong Gou & Liang Liang & Zhimin Huang & Susan X. Li, 2017. "Editor’s Introduction," International Journal of Information Technology & Decision Making (IJITDM), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 16(04), pages 899-905, July.
    14. Mehdiloozad, Mahmood & Mirdehghan, S. Morteza & Sahoo, Biresh K. & Roshdi, Israfil, 2015. "On the identification of the global reference set in data envelopment analysis," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 245(3), pages 779-788.
    15. Chen, Ya & Li, Yongjun & Liang, Liang & Salo, Ahti & Wu, Huaqing, 2016. "Frontier projection and efficiency decomposition in two-stage processes with slacks-based measures," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 250(2), pages 543-554.
    16. Picazo-Tadeo, Andrés J. & Castillo-Giménez, Juana & Beltrán-Esteve, Mercedes, 2014. "An intertemporal approach to measuring environmental performance with directional distance functions: Greenhouse gas emissions in the European Union," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 100(C), pages 173-182.
    17. Papaioannou, Grammatoula & Podinovski, Victor V., 2023. "Multicomponent production technologies with restricted allocations of shared inputs and outputs," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 308(1), pages 274-289.
    18. Wei Wang & Hualin Xie & Fucai Lu & Xinmin Zhang, 2017. "Measuring the Performance of Industrial Green Development Using a Non-Radial Directional Distance Function Approach: A Case Study of Jiangxi Province in China," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 9(10), pages 1-17, September.
    19. Alirezaee, Mohammadreza & Hajinezhad, Ensie & Paradi, Joseph C., 2018. "Objective identification of technological returns to scale for data envelopment analysis models," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 266(2), pages 678-688.

  6. Førsund, Finn R., 2012. "Measuring Efficiency in the Public Sector," Memorandum 09/2012, Oslo University, Department of Economics.

    Cited by:

    1. Førsund, Finn R., 2013. "Measuring Efficiency and Effectiveness in the Public Sector," Memorandum 16/2013, Oslo University, Department of Economics.

  7. Krivonozhko, Vladimir & R. Førsund, Finn & V. Lychev, Andrey, 2011. "A Note on Imposing Strong Complementary Slackness Conditions in DEA," Memorandum 17/2010, Oslo University, Department of Economics.

    Cited by:

    1. Krivonozhko, Vladimir E. & Førsund, Finn R. & Lychev, Andrey V., 2012. "Measurement of Returns to Scale Using Non-Radial DEA Models," Memorandum 29/2012, Oslo University, Department of Economics.
    2. Andrey V. Lychev, 2023. "Synthetic Data Generation for Data Envelopment Analysis," Data, MDPI, vol. 8(10), pages 1-25, September.
    3. Mehdiloozad, Mahmood & Mirdehghan, S. Morteza & Sahoo, Biresh K. & Roshdi, Israfil, 2015. "On the identification of the global reference set in data envelopment analysis," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 245(3), pages 779-788.
    4. Grebel, Thomas & Stützer, Michael, 2014. "Assessment of the environmental performance of European countries over time: Addressing the role of carbon leakage and nuclear waste," Ilmenau Economics Discussion Papers 90, Ilmenau University of Technology, Institute of Economics.

  8. Krivonozhko, Vladimir & R. Førsund, Finn & V. Lychev, Andrey, 2011. "Terminal units in DEA: Definition and Determination," Memorandum 04/2011, Oslo University, Department of Economics.

    Cited by:

    1. Panagiotis Ravanos & Giannis Karagiannis, 2022. "In search for the Most Preferred Solution in Value Efficiency Analysis," Discussion Paper Series 2022_05, Department of Economics, University of Macedonia, revised Jul 2022.
    2. Mehdiloo, Mahmood & Podinovski, Victor V., 2021. "Strong, weak and Farrell efficient frontiers of technologies satisfying different production assumptions," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 294(1), pages 295-311.
    3. Førsund, Finn & Krivonozhko, Vladimir W & Lychev, Andrey V., 2016. "Smoothing the frontier in the DEA models," Memorandum 11/2016, Oslo University, Department of Economics.
    4. Ole Bent Olesen & Niels Christian Petersen & Victor V. Podinovski, 2022. "The structure of production technologies with ratio inputs and outputs," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, vol. 57(3), pages 255-267, June.
    5. Krivonozhko, Vladimir E. & Førsund, Finn R. & Lychev, Andrey V., 2012. "Identifying Suspicious Efficient Units in DEA Models," Memorandum 30/2012, Oslo University, Department of Economics.
    6. Dariush Akbarian & Ali Akbar Bani & Mohsen Rostamy-Malkhalifeh & Farhad Hosseinzadeh Lotfi, 2022. "An algorithm for the anchor points of the PPS of the BCC model," Financial Innovation, Springer;Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, vol. 8(1), pages 1-14, December.
    7. Amin Mostafaee & Sevan Sohraiee, 2019. "The role of hyperplanes for characterizing suspicious units in DEA," Annals of Operations Research, Springer, vol. 275(2), pages 531-549, April.

  9. R. Førsund, Finn, 2011. "Weight Restrictions in DEA:Misplaced Emphasis?," Memorandum 05/2011, Oslo University, Department of Economics.

    Cited by:

    1. Chia-Jung Tu & Ming-Chung Chang & Chiang-Ping Chen, 2016. "Progressive Time-Weighted Dynamic Energy Efficiency, Energy Decoupling Rate, and Decarbonization: An Empirical Study on G7 and BRICS," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 8(9), pages 1-17, September.
    2. Aldanondo, Ana M. & Casasnovas, Valero L., 2015. "More is better than one: the impact of different numbers of input aggregators in technical efficiency estimation," MPRA Paper 64120, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    3. Førsund, Finn R., 2018. "Economic interpretations of DEA," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 61(C), pages 9-15.
    4. Subhash C. Ray, 2014. "Data Envelopment Analysis: An Overview," Working papers 2014-33, University of Connecticut, Department of Economics.
    5. Subhash C. Ray, 2017. "The Transformation Function, Technical Efficiency, and the CCR Ratio," Working papers 2017-09, University of Connecticut, Department of Economics.
    6. Vladimir E. Krivonozhko & Finn R. Førsund & Andrey V. Lychev, 2017. "On comparison of different sets of units used for improving the frontier in DEA models," Annals of Operations Research, Springer, vol. 250(1), pages 5-20, March.
    7. da Silva, Aline Veronese & Costa, Marcelo Azevedo & Ahn, Heinz & Lopes, Ana Lúcia Miranda, 2019. "Performance benchmarking models for electricity transmission regulation: Caveats concerning the Brazilian case," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 60(C), pages 1-1.
    8. Afsharian, Mohsen & Bogetoft, Peter, 2023. "Limiting flexibility in nonparametric efficiency evaluations: An ex post k-centroid clustering approach," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 311(2), pages 633-647.
    9. Zuoren Sun & Rundong Luo & Dequn Zhou, 2015. "Optimal Path for Controlling Sectoral CO 2 Emissions Among China’s Regions: A Centralized DEA Approach," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 8(1), pages 1-20, December.
    10. Martin Bod’a & Martin Dlouhý & Emília Zimková, 2018. "Unobservable or omitted production variables in data envelopment analysis through unit-specific production trade-offs," 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. 26(4), pages 813-846, December.
    11. González, Eduardo & Cárcaba, Ana & Ventura, Juan, 2015. "How car dealers adjust prices to reach the product efficiency frontier in the Spanish automobile market," Omega, Elsevier, vol. 51(C), pages 38-48.
    12. Costa, Marcelo Azevedo & Lopes-Ahn, Ana Lúcia & Kilger, Alexander de Carvalho & Micas, Artur Fontenelle, 2023. "Limitations of weight restrictions in data envelopment analysis for benchmarking Brazilian electricity distribution system operators," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 82(C).
    13. Sen Subir, 2020. "Analysis of Cost Efficiency of Indian Life Insurers: A comparison of Quantity vs Value based DEA Approach," Asia-Pacific Journal of Risk and Insurance, De Gruyter, vol. 14(1), pages 1-25, January.
    14. Aldanondo, Ana M. & Casasnovas, Valero L., 2016. "A note on the impact of multiple input aggregators in technical efficiency estimation," MPRA Paper 75290, University Library of Munich, Germany.

  10. R. Førsund, Finn & Vislie, Jon, 2011. "From Macro Growth to Disaggregated Production Studies," Memorandum 22/2011, Oslo University, Department of Economics.

    Cited by:

    1. Førsund, Finn R. & Vislie, Jon, 2016. "Leif Johansen on intra-industry structural change," Journal of Policy Modeling, Elsevier, vol. 38(3), pages 515-527.

  11. Försund, Finn & Hjalmarsson, Lennart, 2010. "Renewable Energy Expansion and the Value of Balance Regulation Power," Working Papers in Economics 441, University of Gothenburg, Department of Economics.

    Cited by:

    1. Johannes Mauritzen, 2013. "Dead Battery? Wind Power, the Spot Market, and Hydropower Interaction in the Nordic Electricity Market," The Energy Journal, , vol. 34(1), pages 103-124, January.
    2. Mauritzen, Johannes, 2012. "Dead Battery? Wind Power, the Spot Market, and Hydro Power Interaction in the Nordic Electricity Market," Working Paper Series 908, Research Institute of Industrial Economics.
    3. Mauritzen, Johannes, 2011. "Dead Battery? Wind Power, The Spot Market, and Hydro Power Interaction in the Nordic Electricity Market," Discussion Papers 2011/16, Norwegian School of Economics, Department of Business and Management Science.
    4. Johannes Mauritzen, 2013. "Dead Battery? Wind Power, the Spot Market, and Hydropower Interaction in the Nordic Electricity Market," The Energy Journal, International Association for Energy Economics, vol. 0(Number 1).

  12. Krivonozhko, Vladimir & Førsund, Finn R., 2009. "Returms-to-scale Properties in DEA Models: The Fundamental Role of Interior Points," Memorandum 15/2009, Oslo University, Department of Economics.

    Cited by:

    1. Krivonozhko, Vladimir E. & Førsund, Finn R. & Lychev, Andrey V., 2012. "Measurement of Returns to Scale Using Non-Radial DEA Models," Memorandum 29/2012, Oslo University, Department of Economics.
    2. Krivonozhko, Vladimir & R. Førsund, Finn & V. Lychev, Andrey, 2011. "A Note on Imposing Strong Complementary Slackness Conditions in DEA," Memorandum 17/2010, Oslo University, Department of Economics.
    3. Mehdiloozad, Mahmood & Mirdehghan, S. Morteza & Sahoo, Biresh K. & Roshdi, Israfil, 2015. "On the identification of the global reference set in data envelopment analysis," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 245(3), pages 779-788.

  13. Førsund, Finn R. & Edvardsen, Dag Fjeld & Kittelsen, Sverre A. C, & Lindseth, Frode, 2009. "Productivity of Tax Offices in Norway," Memorandum 14/2009, Oslo University, Department of Economics.

    Cited by:

    1. Nguyen, Trang T.T. & Prior, Diego & Van Hemmen, Stefan, 2020. "Stochastic semi-nonparametric frontier approach for tax administration efficiency measure: Evidence from a cross-country study," Economic Analysis and Policy, Elsevier, vol. 66(C), pages 137-153.
    2. José Manuel Cordero & Carlos Díaz Caro & Francisco Pedraja Chaparro & Cristina Polo Fernández, 2020. "Tributos cedidos y eficiencia en la gestión tributaria de las Comunidades Autónomas," Hacienda Pública Española / Review of Public Economics, IEF, vol. 232(1), pages 75-112, March.
    3. Day‐Yang Liu & Hsin‐Hsin Yao & Wen‐Min Lu & Cheng‐Hsien Lin, 2020. "Impulse response function analysis of the impacts of land value‐added tax policy on government performance," Managerial and Decision Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 41(6), pages 1020-1032, September.
    4. Ann Veiderpass, 2015. "Foreign aid and productivity," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, vol. 43(3), pages 249-258, June.
    5. Feyyaz Cengiz Dikmen, 2016. "Productivity Change: An Empirical Study on Turkish State Universities," Alphanumeric Journal, Bahadir Fatih Yildirim, vol. 4(1), pages 27-34, June.
    6. Juan Aparicio & Jose Manuel Cordero & Carlos Díaz-Caro, 2020. "Efficiency and productivity change of regional tax offices in Spain: an empirical study using Malmquist–Luenberger and Luenberger indices," Empirical Economics, Springer, vol. 59(3), pages 1403-1434, September.
    7. Pontus Mattsson & Jonas Månsson & Christian Andersson & Fredrik Bonander, 2018. "A bootstrapped Malmquist index applied to Swedish district courts," European Journal of Law and Economics, Springer, vol. 46(1), pages 109-139, August.
    8. Finn Førsund & Dag Edvardsen & Sverre Kittelsen, 2015. "Productivity of tax offices in Norway," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, vol. 43(3), pages 269-279, June.
    9. Belmonte-Martin, Irene & Ortiz, Lidia & Polo, Cristina, 2021. "Local tax management in Spain: A study of the conditional efficiency of provincial tax agencies," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 78(C).
    10. Torbjørn, Hanson, 2012. "Efficiency and Productivity in the Operational Units of the Armed Forces," Memorandum 07/2012, Oslo University, Department of Economics.
    11. Longjin Chen, 2021. "Tax enforcement interactions among Chinese provinces: A frontier and spatial analysis," Growth and Change, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 52(1), pages 332-348, March.
    12. Elena Villar Rubio & Pedro Enrique Barrilao González & Juan Delgado Alaminos, 2017. "Relative efficiency within a tax administration: The effects of result improvement," Revista Finanzas y Politica Economica, Universidad Católica de Colombia, vol. 9(1), pages 135-149, February.
    13. Dag Fjeld Edvardsen & Finn R. Førsund & Sverre A. C. Kittelsen, 2017. "Productivity development of Norwegian institutions of higher education 2004–2013," Journal of the Operational Research Society, Palgrave Macmillan;The OR Society, vol. 68(4), pages 399-415, April.
    14. Martínez, Yolanda Ubago & Arzoz, Pedro Pascual & Arregui, Idoia Zabaleta, 2022. "Tax collection efficiency in OECD countries improves via decentralization, simplification, digitalization and education," Journal of Policy Modeling, Elsevier, vol. 44(2), pages 298-318.

  14. Førsund, Finn R. & Hjalmarsson, Lennart, 2008. "Dynamic Analysis of Structural Change and Productivity Measurement," Memorandum 27/2008, Oslo University, Department of Economics.

    Cited by:

    1. Robin C. Sickles & Jiaqi Hao & Chenjun Shang, 2014. "Panel data and productivity measurement: an analysis of Asian productivity trends," Journal of Chinese Economic and Business Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 12(3), pages 211-231, August.
    2. Sickles, Robin C. & Hao, Jiaqi & Shang, Chenjun, 2015. "Panel Data and Productivity Measurement," Working Papers 15-018, Rice University, Department of Economics.

  15. Førsund, Finn R., 2008. "Good Modelling of Bad Outputs: Pollution and Multiple-Output Production," Memorandum 30/2008, Oslo University, Department of Economics.

    Cited by:

    1. Kumar, Surender & Managi, Shunsuke & Jain, Rakesh Kumar, 2020. "CO2 mitigation policy for Indian thermal power sector: Potential gains from emission trading," Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 86(C).
    2. Seufert, Juergen Heinz & Arjomandi, Amir & Dakpo, K. Hervé, 2017. "Evaluating airline operational performance: A Luenberger-Hicks-Moorsteen productivity indicator," Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, Elsevier, vol. 104(C), pages 52-68.
    3. Wang, Ke & Yang, Kexin & Wei, Yi-Ming & Zhang, Chi, 2018. "Shadow prices of direct and overall carbon emissions in China’s construction industry: A parametric directional distance function-based sensitive estimation," Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, Elsevier, vol. 47(C), pages 180-193.
    4. Kumbhakar, Subal C. & Badunenko, Oleg & Willox, Michael, 2022. "Do carbon taxes affect economic and environmental efficiency? The case of British Columbia’s manufacturing plants," MPRA Paper 118907, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    5. Stefanou Spiro E. & Puggioni Daniela, 2018. "The Value of Being Socially Responsible. A Primal-Dual Approach," Working Papers 2018-12, Banco de México.
    6. Dakpo, K & Jeanneaux, Philippe & Latruffee, Laure, 2015. "Empirical comparison of pollution generating technologies in nonparametric modelling: The case of greenhouse gas emissions in French sheep meat farming," 2015 Conference, August 9-14, 2015, Milan, Italy 211557, International Association of Agricultural Economists.
    7. D’Inverno, Giovanna & Carosi, Laura & Romano, Giulia & Guerrini, Andrea, 2018. "Water pollution in wastewater treatment plants: An efficiency analysis with undesirable output," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 269(1), pages 24-34.
    8. Amir Arjomandi & K Hervé Dakpo & Juergen Heinz Seufert, 2018. "Have Asian airlines caught up with European Airlines? A by-production efficiency analysis [Analyse comparée de l’Eco-performance des compagnies aériennes asiatiques et européennes]," Post-Print hal-02628232, HAL.
    9. Dakpo, K Hervé & Lansink, Alfons Oude, 2019. "Dynamic pollution-adjusted inefficiency under the by-production of bad outputs," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 276(1), pages 202-211.
    10. Simar, Leopold & Vanhems, Anne, 2010. "Probabilistic characterization of directional distances and their robust versions," LIDAM Discussion Papers ISBA 2010040, Université catholique de Louvain, Institute of Statistics, Biostatistics and Actuarial Sciences (ISBA).
    11. Murty, Sushama & Robert Russell, R. & Levkoff, Steven B., 2012. "On modeling pollution-generating technologies," Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Elsevier, vol. 64(1), pages 117-135.
    12. Leleu, Hervé, 2013. "Shadow pricing of undesirable outputs in nonparametric analysis," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 231(2), pages 474-480.
    13. Juan Aparicio & Jose Manuel Cordero & Carlos Díaz-Caro, 2020. "Efficiency and productivity change of regional tax offices in Spain: an empirical study using Malmquist–Luenberger and Luenberger indices," Empirical Economics, Springer, vol. 59(3), pages 1403-1434, September.
    14. Benjamin Hampf & Kenneth Løvold Rødseth, 2017. "Optimal profits under environmental regulation: the benefits from emission intensity averaging," Annals of Operations Research, Springer, vol. 255(1), pages 367-390, August.
    15. Jeanneaux, Philippe & Latruffe, Laure, 2016. "Modelling pollution-generating technologies in performance benchmarking: Recent developments, limits and future prospects in the nonparametric frameworkAuthor-Name: Dakpo, K. Hervé," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 250(2), pages 347-359.
    16. Subhash C. Ray & Shilpa Sethia, 2024. "A state-level resource allocation model for emission reduction and efficiency improvement in thermal power plants," Indian Economic Review, Springer, vol. 59(1), pages 205-257, October.
    17. Zhou, P. & Sun, Z.R. & Zhou, D.Q., 2014. "Optimal path for controlling CO2 emissions in China: A perspective of efficiency analysis," Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 45(C), pages 99-110.
    18. Sidhoum, Amer Ait & Serra, Teresa, 2018. "Measuring Sustainability Efficiency At Farm Level: A Data Envelopment Analysis Approach," 166th Seminar, August 30-31, 2018, Galway, West of Ireland 276184, European Association of Agricultural Economists.
    19. Haleh Delnava & Kristiaan Kerstens & Timo Kuosmanen & Zhiyang Shen, 2024. "Semi-parametric Estimation of Convex and Nonconvex By-Production Technologies," Working Papers 2024-EQM-02, IESEG School of Management.
    20. Sushama Murty & R. Robert Russell, 2016. "Modeling Emission-Generating Technologies: Reconciliation of Axiomatic and By-Production Approaches," Discussion Papers 1603, University of Exeter, Department of Economics.
    21. K Hervé Dakpo, 2016. "On modeling pollution-generating technologies: a new formulation of the by-production approach," Working Papers SMART 16-06, INRAE UMR SMART.
    22. Dakpo, Hervé K & Jeanneaux, Philippe & Latruffe, Laure, 2014. "Inclusion of undesirable outputs in production technology modeling: The case of greenhouse gas emissions in French meat sheep farming," Working Papers 207806, Institut National de la recherche Agronomique (INRA), Departement Sciences Sociales, Agriculture et Alimentation, Espace et Environnement (SAE2).
    23. Rødseth, Kenneth Løvold, 2013. "Capturing the least costly way of reducing pollution: A shadow price approach," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 92(C), pages 16-24.
    24. Nin-Pratt, A., 2018. "Technical and Environmental Efficiency of Water Use in Agriculture," 2018 Conference, July 28-August 2, 2018, Vancouver, British Columbia 277486, International Association of Agricultural Economists.
    25. Amer Ait Sidhoum & Carolin Canessa & Johannes Sauer, 2023. "Effects of agri‐environment schemes on farm‐level eco‐efficiency measures: Empirical evidence from EU countries," Journal of Agricultural Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 74(2), pages 551-569, June.
    26. Ke Wang & Zhifu Mi & Yi-Ming Wei, 2018. "Will pollution taxes improve joint ecological and economic efficiency of thermal power industry in China? A DEA based materials balance approach," CEEP-BIT Working Papers 114, Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research (CEEP), Beijing Institute of Technology.
    27. Serra, Teresa & Chambers, Robert G. & Oude Lansink, Alfons, 2014. "Measuring technical and environmental efficiency in a state-contingent technology," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 236(2), pages 706-717.
    28. Levent Kutlu, 2020. "Greenhouse Gas Emission Efficiencies of World Countries," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(23), pages 1-11, November.
    29. Roberto Gómez-Calvet & David Conesa & Ana Rosa Gómez-Calvet & Emili Tortosa-Ausina, 2013. "Energy efficiency in the European Union: What can be learned from the joint application of directional distance functions and slacks-based measures?," Working Papers 2013/17, Economics Department, Universitat Jaume I, Castellón (Spain).
    30. Finn R. Førsund, 2018. "Multi-equation modelling of desirable and undesirable outputs satisfying the materials balance," Empirical Economics, Springer, vol. 54(1), pages 67-99, February.
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    63. Hampf, Benjamin & Rødseth, Kenneth Løvold, 2015. "Carbon dioxide emission standards for U.S. power plants: An efficiency analysis perspective," Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 50(C), pages 140-153.
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  16. Førsund, Finn R. & Kittelsen, Sverre A. & Krivonozhko, Vladimir E., 2007. "Farrell Revisited: Visualising the DEA Production Frontier," Memorandum 15/2007, Oslo University, Department of Economics.

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    1. Krivonozhko, Vladimir E. & Førsund, Finn R. & Lychev, Andrey V., 2012. "Measurement of Returns to Scale Using Non-Radial DEA Models," Memorandum 29/2012, Oslo University, Department of Economics.
    2. Halkos, George & Tzeremes, Nickolaos, 2012. "Ranking accounting, banking and finance journals: A note," MPRA Paper 36166, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    3. George Emm Halkos & Nickolaos G. Tzeremes, 2011. "Measuring economic journals’ citation efficiency: a data envelopment analysis approach," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 88(3), pages 979-1001, September.
    4. Vladimir Krivonozhko & Finn Førsund & Andrey Lychev, 2015. "Terminal units in DEA: definition and determination," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, vol. 43(2), pages 151-164, April.
    5. Halkos, George & Tzeremes, Nickolaos, 2011. "A non-parametric analysis of the efficiency of the top European football clubs," MPRA Paper 31173, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    6. Podinovski, Victor V. & Førsund, Finn R. & Krivonozhko, Vladimir E., 2009. "A simple derivation of scale elasticity in data envelopment analysis," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 197(1), pages 149-153, August.
    7. Halkos, George E. & Tzeremes, Nickolaos G., 2012. "Analyzing the Greek renewable energy sector: A Data Envelopment Analysis approach," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 16(5), pages 2884-2893.
    8. Halkos, George & Tzeremes, Nickolaos, 2011. "Applying conditional DEA to measure football clubs’ performance: Evidence from the top 25 European clubs," MPRA Paper 31278, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    9. Krivonozhko, Vladimir & R. Førsund, Finn & V. Lychev, Andrey, 2011. "A Note on Imposing Strong Complementary Slackness Conditions in DEA," Memorandum 17/2010, Oslo University, Department of Economics.
    10. Halkos, George & Tzeremes, Nickolaos, 2011. "A nonparametric analysis of the Greek renewable energy sector," MPRA Paper 30467, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    11. Krivonozhko, Vladimir E. & Førsund, Finn R. & Lychev, Andrey V., 2012. "Identifying Suspicious Efficient Units in DEA Models," Memorandum 30/2012, Oslo University, Department of Economics.
    12. Halkos, George & Tzeremes, Nickolaos, 2012. "Evaluating professional tennis players’ career performance: A Data Envelopment Analysis approach," MPRA Paper 41516, University Library of Munich, Germany.

  17. Førsund, Finn R., 2005. "Hydropower Economics," Memorandum 30/2005, Oslo University, Department of Economics.

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    1. Karhinen, Santtu & Huuki, Hannu, 2020. "How are the long distances between renewable energy sources and load centres reflected in locational marginal prices?," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 210(C).
    2. Mendes, Carlos André B. & Beluco, Alexandre & Canales, Fausto Alfredo, 2017. "Some important uncertainties related to climate change in projections for the Brazilian hydropower expansion in the Amazon," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 141(C), pages 123-138.

  18. Førsund, Finn R. & Kittelsen, Sverre A.C & Lindseth, Frode, 2005. "Efficiency And Productivity Of Norwegian Tax Offices," Memorandum 29/2005, Oslo University, Department of Economics.

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    1. Finn Førsund & Dag Edvardsen & Sverre Kittelsen, 2015. "Productivity of tax offices in Norway," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, vol. 43(3), pages 269-279, June.
    2. Belmonte-Martin, Irene & Ortiz, Lidia & Polo, Cristina, 2021. "Local tax management in Spain: A study of the conditional efficiency of provincial tax agencies," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 78(C).
    3. Elena Villar Rubio & Pedro Enrique Barrilao González & Juan Delgado Alaminos, 2017. "Relative efficiency within a tax administration: The effects of result improvement," Revista Finanzas y Politica Economica, Universidad Católica de Colombia, vol. 9(1), pages 135-149, February.
    4. Hanson, Torbjørn, 2016. "Efficiency and productivity in the operational units of the armed forces: A Norwegian example," International Journal of Production Economics, Elsevier, vol. 179(C), pages 12-23.
    5. Artana, Daniel & Auguste, Sebastián & Cristini, Marcela & Moskovits, Cynthia & Templado, Ivana, 2012. "Sub-National Revenue Mobilization in Latin American and Caribbean Countries: The Case of Argentina," IDB Publications (Working Papers) 3887, Inter-American Development Bank.

  19. Førsund, Finn R. & Hoel, Michael, 2004. "Properties of a non-competitive electricity market dominated by hydroelectric power," Memorandum 07/2004, Oslo University, Department of Economics.

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    1. Torro, Hipolit, 2007. "Forecasting Weekly Electricity Prices at Nord Pool," International Energy Markets Working Papers 7437, Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM).
    2. Russell Pittman & Vanessa Yanhua Zhang, 2010. "Electricity Restructuring In China: How Competitive Will Generation Markets Be?," The Singapore Economic Review (SER), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 55(02), pages 377-400.
    3. Russell Pittman & Vanessa Yanhua Zhang, 2008. "Electricity Restructuring in China: The Elusive Quest for Competition," EAG Discussions Papers 200805, Department of Justice, Antitrust Division.
    4. Haddad, Mohamed S., 2011. "Capacity choice and water management in hydroelectricity systems," Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 33(2), pages 168-177, March.
    5. Rangel, Luiz Fernando, 2008. "Competition policy and regulation in hydro-dominated electricity markets," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 36(4), pages 1292-1302, April.
    6. Hoel, Michael, 2004. "Electricity prices in a mixed thermal and hydropower system," Memorandum 28/2004, Oslo University, Department of Economics.

  20. Førsund, Finn R. & Sarafoglou, Nikias, 2003. "The Tale of two Research Communities: The Diffusion of Research on Productive Efficiency," Memorandum 08/2003, Oslo University, Department of Economics.

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    1. Førsund, Finn, 2015. "Economic Perspectives on DEA," Memorandum 10/2015, Oslo University, Department of Economics.
    2. Reichmann, Gerhard & Sommersguter-Reichmann, Margit, 2006. "University library benchmarking: An international comparison using DEA," International Journal of Production Economics, Elsevier, vol. 100(1), pages 131-147, March.
    3. Førsund, Finn R., 2018. "Economic interpretations of DEA," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 61(C), pages 9-15.
    4. Halkos, George & Tzeremes, Nickolaos, 2011. "A conditional full frontier modelling for analyzing environmental efficiency and economic growth," MPRA Paper 32839, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    5. ANANG, Benjamin Tetteh, 2022. "Two-Stage Dea Estimation Of Technical Efficiency: Comparison Of Different Estimators," Review of Agricultural and Applied Economics (RAAE), Faculty of Economics and Management, Slovak Agricultural University in Nitra, vol. 25(01), March.
    6. Léopold Simar & Valentin Zelenyuk, 2018. "Improving Finite Sample Approximation by Central Limit Theorems for DEA and FDH efficiency scores," CEPA Working Papers Series WP072018, School of Economics, University of Queensland, Australia.
    7. Hyun-do Choi & Dong-hyun Oh, 2020. "The importance of research teams with diverse backgrounds: Research collaboration in the Journal of Productivity Analysis," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, vol. 53(1), pages 5-19, February.
    8. Giorgio Fazio & Davide Piacentino & Erasmo Vassallo, 2006. "Regional Disparities and Public Policies in Italy: Some Considerations in Light of a Performance Analysis," ERSA conference papers ersa06p439, European Regional Science Association.
    9. Zhou, P. & Ang, B.W. & Poh, K.L., 2008. "A survey of data envelopment analysis in energy and environmental studies," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 189(1), pages 1-18, August.
    10. Nikias Sarafoglou & Jean Paelinck, 2008. "On diffusion of ideas in the academic world: the case of spatial econometrics," The Annals of Regional Science, Springer;Western Regional Science Association, vol. 42(2), pages 487-500, June.
    11. Kerstens, Kristiaan & Van de Woestyne, Ignace, 2009. "Negative Data in DEA: A Simple Proportional Distance Function Approach," Working Papers 2009/04, Hogeschool-Universiteit Brussel, Faculteit Economie en Management.
    12. R. Førsund, Finn, 2011. "Weight Restrictions in DEA:Misplaced Emphasis?," Memorandum 05/2011, Oslo University, Department of Economics.
    13. W. Cooper & C. Lovell, 2011. "History lessons," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, vol. 36(2), pages 193-200, October.
    14. F R Førsund & S A C Kittelsen & V E Krivonozhko, 2009. "Farrell revisited–Visualizing properties of DEA production frontiers," Journal of the Operational Research Society, Palgrave Macmillan;The OR Society, vol. 60(11), pages 1535-1545, November.
    15. Reisman, Arnold, 2004. "Preface," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 38(2-3), pages 115-121.
    16. George Halkos & Nickolaos Tzeremes, 2014. "Measuring the effect of Kyoto protocol agreement on countries’ environmental efficiency in CO 2 emissions: an application of conditional full frontiers," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, vol. 41(3), pages 367-382, June.
    17. Andrew Johnson & John Ruggiero, 2014. "Nonparametric measurement of productivity and efficiency in education," Annals of Operations Research, Springer, vol. 221(1), pages 197-210, October.
    18. Wu, Zai Bin & Yeung, Godfrey & Mok, Vincent & Han, Zhaozhou, 2007. "Firm-specific knowledge and technical efficiency of watch and clock manufacturing firms in China," International Journal of Production Economics, Elsevier, vol. 107(2), pages 317-332, June.
    19. Førsund, Finn R. & Kittelsen, Sverre A. & Krivonozhko, Vladimir E., 2007. "Farrell Revisited: Visualising the DEA Production Frontier," Memorandum 15/2007, Oslo University, Department of Economics.
    20. Ito, Yutaka & Managi, Shunsuke & Matsuda, Akimi, 2012. "Performances of Socially Responsible Investment and Environmentally Friendly Funds," MPRA Paper 40654, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    21. Francesca Giambona & Erasmo Vassallo & Elli Vassiliadis, 2010. "Educational efficiency in a dea-bootstrap approach," Economics Bulletin, AccessEcon, vol. 30(4), pages 2709-2719.
    22. Jeong-Dong Lee & Chulwoo Baek & Ho-Sung Kim & Jin-Seok Lee, 2014. "Development pattern of the DEA research field: a social network analysis approach," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, vol. 41(2), pages 175-186, April.
    23. Wibe, Sören, 2008. "Efficiency: A dynamic approach," International Journal of Production Economics, Elsevier, vol. 115(1), pages 86-91, September.
    24. Halkos, George & Tzeremes, Nickolaos, 2011. "A conditional full frontier approach for investigating the Averch-Johnson effect," MPRA Paper 35491, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    25. S Gattoufi & M Oral & A Kumar & A Reisman, 2004. "Content analysis of data envelopment analysis literature and its comparison with that of other OR/MS fields," Journal of the Operational Research Society, Palgrave Macmillan;The OR Society, vol. 55(9), pages 911-935, September.
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    1. Victor V. Podinovski & Finn R. Førsund, 2010. "Differential Characteristics of Efficient Frontiers in Data Envelopment Analysis," Operations Research, INFORMS, vol. 58(6), pages 1743-1754, December.
    2. Pierre Ouellette & Li Yan, 2008. "Investment and dynamic DEA," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, vol. 29(3), pages 235-247, June.
    3. Catherine Paul & Richard Nehring & David Banker & Agapi Somwaru, 2004. "Scale Economies and Efficiency in U.S. Agriculture: Are Traditional Farms History?," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, vol. 22(3), pages 185-205, November.
    4. Zelenyuk, Valentin, 2013. "A scale elasticity measure for directional distance function and its dual: Theory and DEA estimation," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 228(3), pages 592-600.
    5. Olesen, Ole Bent & Petersen, Niels Christian, 2013. "Imposing the Regular Ultra Passum law in DEA models," Omega, Elsevier, vol. 41(1), pages 16-27.
    6. Papaioannou, Grammatoula & Podinovski, Victor V., 2024. "A single-stage optimization procedure for data envelopment analysis," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 313(3), pages 1119-1128.
    7. Walheer, Barnabé, 2018. "Scale efficiency for multi-output cost minimizing producers: The case of the US electricity plants," Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 70(C), pages 26-36.
    8. K. Tone & M. Tsutsui, 2015. "How to Deal with Non-Convex Frontiers in Data Envelopment Analysis," Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications, Springer, vol. 166(3), pages 1002-1028, September.
    9. Forsund, Finn R. & Sarafoglou, Nikias, 2005. "The tale of two research communities: The diffusion of research on productive efficiency," International Journal of Production Economics, Elsevier, vol. 98(1), pages 17-40, October.
    10. Valentin Zelenyuk, 2012. "Aggregation of Scale Efficiency," CEPA Working Papers Series WP042012, School of Economics, University of Queensland, Australia.
    11. Michael Zschille, 2014. "Nonparametric measures of returns to scale: an application to German water supply," Empirical Economics, Springer, vol. 47(3), pages 1029-1053, November.
    12. Kaoru Tone & Miki Tsutsui, 2013. "How to deal with S-shaped curve in DEA," GRIPS Discussion Papers 13-10, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies.
    13. Vigeant, Stéphane, 2016. "From partial derivatives of DEA frontiers to marginal products, marginal rates of substitution, and returns to scaleAuthor-Name: Ouellette, Pierre," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 253(3), pages 880-887.
    14. Mehdiloo, Mahmood & Podinovski, Victor V., 2019. "Selective strong and weak disposability in efficiency analysis," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 276(3), pages 1154-1169.
    15. Ole Bent Olesen & Niels Christian Petersen & Victor V. Podinovski, 2022. "Scale characteristics of variable returns-to-scale production technologies with ratio inputs and outputs," Annals of Operations Research, Springer, vol. 318(1), pages 383-423, November.
    16. Podinovski, Victor V. & Førsund, Finn R. & Krivonozhko, Vladimir E., 2009. "A simple derivation of scale elasticity in data envelopment analysis," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 197(1), pages 149-153, August.
    17. Podinovski, Victor V., 2017. "Returns to scale in convex production technologies," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 258(3), pages 970-982.
    18. Rodrigo Gómez Monge, 2012. "El sector bancario en México, los depósitos a plazo y las cuentas de ahorro: un análisis de eficiencia durante el periodo de internacionalización a través de la envolvente de datos (dea)," Revista Ciencias Estratégicas, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, June.
    19. Podinovski, Victor V., 2019. "Direct estimation of marginal characteristics of nonparametric production frontiers in the presence of undesirable outputs," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 279(1), pages 258-276.
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    46. Førsund, Finn R. & Kittelsen, Sverre A. & Krivonozhko, Vladimir E., 2007. "Farrell Revisited: Visualising the DEA Production Frontier," Memorandum 15/2007, Oslo University, Department of Economics.
    47. Halkos, George & Tzeremes, Nickolaos, 2011. "Applying conditional DEA to measure football clubs’ performance: Evidence from the top 25 European clubs," MPRA Paper 31278, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    48. Cullinane, Kevin & Ji, Ping & Wang, Teng-fei, 2005. "The relationship between privatization and DEA estimates of efficiency in the container port industry," Journal of Economics and Business, Elsevier, vol. 57(5), pages 433-462.
    49. Trevor Collier & Andrew L. Johnson & John Ruggiero, 2011. "Measuring Technical Efficiency in Sports," Journal of Sports Economics, , vol. 12(6), pages 579-598, December.
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    56. Finn R. Førsund & Roberto Zanola, 2001. "Selling Picasso paintings: the efficiency of auction houses," ICER Working Papers 07-2001, ICER - International Centre for Economic Research.
    57. Valentin Zelenyuk, 2019. "Data Envelopment Analysis and Business Analytics: The Big Data Challenges and Some Solutions," CEPA Working Papers Series WP072019, School of Economics, University of Queensland, Australia.
    58. A. Ghazi & F. Hosseinzadeh Lotfi, 2023. "Marginal rates in DEA using defining hyperplanes of PPS with CRS technology," Operational Research, Springer, vol. 23(1), pages 1-37, March.
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  28. F.R. Forsund, 2000. "An Economic Interpretation of the Compensation Mechanism in the RAINS Model," Working Papers ir00036, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis.

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    1. Finn R. FF8rsund & Ove Wolfgang, 2002. "The Compensation mechanism in the rains model: the Norwegian targets for acidification," ICER Working Papers 13-2002, ICER - International Centre for Economic Research.

  29. Forsund,F.R., 1999. "Efficiency and productivity of Norwegian colleges," Memorandum 11/1999, Oslo University, Department of Economics.

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    4. António AFONSO, & Mohamed AYADI, & Sourour RAMZI, 2013. "Assessing productivity performance of basic and secondary education in Tunisia: a Malmquist analysis," Working Papers Department of Economics 2013/19, ISEG - Lisbon School of Economics and Management, Department of Economics, Universidade de Lisboa.
    5. Dag Fjeld Edvardsen & Finn R. Førsund & Sverre A. C. Kittelsen, 2017. "Productivity development of Norwegian institutions of higher education 2004–2013," Journal of the Operational Research Society, Palgrave Macmillan;The OR Society, vol. 68(4), pages 399-415, April.

  30. Erlandsen,E. & Forsund,F.R., 1999. "Efficiency in the provision of municipal nursing- and home-care services : the Norwegian experience," Memorandum 32/1999, Oslo University, Department of Economics.

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  31. Førsund, Finn, 1998. "Pollution Modelling and Multiple-Output Production," Memorandum 10/2016, Oslo University, Department of Economics.

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    5. Finn R. Førsund, 2018. "Multi-equation modelling of desirable and undesirable outputs satisfying the materials balance," Empirical Economics, Springer, vol. 54(1), pages 67-99, February.
    6. Lauwers, Ludwig, 2009. "Justifying the incorporation of the materials balance principle into frontier-based eco-efficiency models," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 68(6), pages 1605-1614, April.
    7. Finn R. Førsund, 2021. "Performance measurement and joint production of intended and unintended outputs," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, vol. 55(3), pages 157-175, June.
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    9. Dakpo, K Hervé, 2016. "On modeling pollution-generating technologies: a new formulation of the by-production approach," Working Papers 245191, Institut National de la recherche Agronomique (INRA), Departement Sciences Sociales, Agriculture et Alimentation, Espace et Environnement (SAE2).
    10. Subhash C. Ray & Shilpa Sethia, 2023. "A State-Level Resource Allocation Model for Emission Reduction and Efficiency Improvement in Thermal Power Plants," Working papers 2023-08, University of Connecticut, Department of Economics.

  32. Forsund, F.R., 1995. "A Note on the Calculation of the Scale Elasticity in DEA Models," Memorandum 1995_034, Oslo University, Department of Economics.

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    1. Löthgren, Mickael & Tambour, Magnus, 1996. "Alternative Approaches to Estimate Returns to Scale in DEA- Models," SSE/EFI Working Paper Series in Economics and Finance 90, Stockholm School of Economics.

  33. Forsund, F.R., 1991. "Efficiency Analysis of Ferry Transport," Memorandum 1991_003, Oslo University, Department of Economics.

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  34. Forsund, F.R., 1990. "The Malmquist Productivity Index," Memorandum 28/1990, Oslo University, Department of Economics.

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    1. E. Grifell-Tatjé & C. A. K. Lovell, 1999. "Profits and Productivity," Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 45(9), pages 1177-1193, September.
    2. Pastor, Jesus T. & Lovell, C.A. Knox & Aparicio, Juan, 2020. "Defining a new graph inefficiency measure for the proportional directional distance function and introducing a new Malmquist productivity index," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 281(1), pages 222-230.
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  35. Forsund, F.R. & Hjalmarsson, L., 1988. "Choice Of Technology And Long-Term Technical Change In Energy-Intensive Industries," Memorandum 1988_028, Oslo University, Department of Economics.

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    1. Finn R. Førsund & Ke Wang, 2020. "Measures of industry productivity change: the case of thermal electricity generation in Chinese provinces 2000–2014," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, vol. 53(1), pages 37-52, February.

  36. Førsund, Finn R. & Hjalmarsson, Lennart, 1983. "Technical Progress and Structural Change in the Swedish Cement Industry 1955 - 1979," Working Paper Series 98, Research Institute of Industrial Economics.

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    1. Shawn Klimek & James Schmitz & Timothy Dunne, 2010. "Does Foreign Competition Spur Productivity? Evidence From Post WWII U.S. Cement Manufacturing," 2010 Meeting Papers 805, Society for Economic Dynamics.
    2. Finn R. Førsund & Ke Wang, 2020. "Measures of industry productivity change: the case of thermal electricity generation in Chinese provinces 2000–2014," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, vol. 53(1), pages 37-52, February.
    3. Kristiaan KERSTENS & Jafar SADEGHI & Ignace VAN DE WOESTYNE & John WALDEN, 2020. "Short-Run Johansen Frontier-Based Industry Models: Methodological Refinements and Empirical Illustration on Fisheries," Working Papers 2020-EQM-01, IESEG School of Management.
    4. R. Førsund, Finn & Vislie, Jon, 2011. "From Macro Growth to Disaggregated Production Studies," Memorandum 22/2011, Oslo University, Department of Economics.
    5. Finn Førsund & Lennart Hjalmarsson & Jinghai Zheng, 2011. "A short-run production function for electricity generation in China," Journal of Chinese Economic and Business Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 9(2), pages 205-216.
    6. Isayenko Oleksiy & Maryanchyk Ivan, 2006. "Market power in oligopoly: The case of the Ukrainian cement industry," EERC Working Paper Series 06-06e, EERC Research Network, Russia and CIS.
    7. W. Erwin Diewert, 2010. "Decompositions of Profitability Change using Cost Functions," CEPA Working Papers Series WP092010, School of Economics, University of Queensland, Australia.
    8. Førsund, Finn R. & Heshmati, Almas & Wang, Ke, 2018. "Dynamic Industry Productivity Measures: The case of thermal electricity generation by South Korean plants 2001-2008 and in Chinese regions 2000-2004," Memorandum 6/2018, Oslo University, Department of Economics.
    9. Kumbhakar, Subal C. & Heshmati, Almas & Hjalmarsson, Lennart, 1997. "Temporal patterns of technical efficiency: Results from competing models," International Journal of Industrial Organization, Elsevier, vol. 15(5), pages 597-616, August.
    10. Rosenbaum, David I. & Sukharomana, Supachat, 2001. "Oligopolistic pricing over the deterministic market demand cycle: some evidence from the US Portland cement industry," International Journal of Industrial Organization, Elsevier, vol. 19(6), pages 863-884, May.
    11. Timothy Dunne & Shawn Klimek & James Schmitz, Jr., 2010. "Competition and Productivity: Evidence from the Post WWII U.S. Cement Industry," Working Papers 10-29, Center for Economic Studies, U.S. Census Bureau.
    12. Førsund, Finn R. & Vislie, Jon, 2016. "Leif Johansen on intra-industry structural change," Journal of Policy Modeling, Elsevier, vol. 38(3), pages 515-527.
    13. Jorge Bonilla & Jessica Coria & Thomas Sterner, 2018. "Technical Synergies and Trade-Offs Between Abatement of Global and Local Air Pollution," Environmental & Resource Economics, Springer;European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, vol. 70(1), pages 191-221, May.

  37. Førsund, Finn R. & Hjalmarsson, Lennart, 1978. "Generalized Farrell Measures of Efficiency: An Application to Milk Processing in Swedish Dairy Plants," Working Paper Series 17, Research Institute of Industrial Economics.

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    1. Tone, Kaoru & Sahoo, Biresh K., 2003. "Scale, indivisibilities and production function in data envelopment analysis," International Journal of Production Economics, Elsevier, vol. 84(2), pages 165-192, May.
    2. Coelli, T. J., 1995. "Recent Developments in Frontier Modelling and Efficiency Measurement," 1995 Conference (39th), February 14-16, 1995, Perth, Australia 148798, Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society.
    3. Valentin Zelenyuk, 2023. "Productivity analysis: roots, foundations, trends and perspectives," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, vol. 60(3), pages 229-247, December.
    4. F R Førsund & L Hjalmarsson, 2004. "Calculating scale elasticity in DEA models," Journal of the Operational Research Society, Palgrave Macmillan;The OR Society, vol. 55(10), pages 1023-1038, October.
    5. Rolf Färe & Giannis Karagiannis, 2023. "Translation efficiency and directionally optimal scale," Journal of Economics, Springer, vol. 140(3), pages 259-273, December.
    6. Elizaphan J. O. Rao & Bernhard Brümmer & Matin Qaim, 2012. "Farmer Participation in Supermarket Channels, Production Technology, and Efficiency: The Case of Vegetables in Kenya," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, vol. 94(4), pages 891-912.
    7. Erlandsen,E. & Forsund,F.R., 1999. "Efficiency in the provision of municipal nursing- and home-care services : the Norwegian experience," Memorandum 32/1999, Oslo University, Department of Economics.
    8. Chih-Ching Yang, 2017. "Measuring health indicators and allocating health resources: a DEA-based approach," Health Care Management Science, Springer, vol. 20(3), pages 365-378, September.
    9. G. Ferrier & H. Leleu & V. Valdmanis, 2010. "The impact of CON regulation on hospital efficiency," Post-Print halshs-00481992, HAL.
    10. Panagiotis Ravanos & Giannis Karagiannis, 2020. "Tricks with the BoD model and an application to the e-Government Development Index," Discussion Paper Series 2020_02, Department of Economics, University of Macedonia, revised May 2020.
    11. Zheng, Jinghai & Hu, Angang, 2004. "An Empirical Analysis of Provincial Productivity in China (1979-2001)," Working Papers in Economics 127, University of Gothenburg, Department of Economics, revised 22 Mar 2004.
    12. Löthgren, Mickael & Tambour, Magnus, 1996. "Alternative Approaches to Estimate Returns to Scale in DEA- Models," SSE/EFI Working Paper Series in Economics and Finance 90, Stockholm School of Economics.
    13. Pablo Arocena & Catherine Waddams Price, 1999. "Generating Efficiency: Economic and Environmental Regulation of Public and Private Electricity Generators in Spain," CIE Discussion Papers 1999-09, University of Copenhagen. Department of Economics. Centre for Industrial Economics.
    14. Zelenyuk, Valentin, 2013. "A scale elasticity measure for directional distance function and its dual: Theory and DEA estimation," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 228(3), pages 592-600.
    15. Boussemart, Jean-Philippe & Briec, Walter & Peypoch, Nicolas & Tavéra, Christophe, 2009. "[alpha]-Returns to scale and multi-output production technologies," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 197(1), pages 332-339, August.
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    17. Lozano, S., 2013. "DEA production games," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 231(2), pages 405-413.
    18. Bogetoft, Peter & Wittrup, Jesper, 2021. "Benefit-of-the-doubt approach to workload indicators: Simplifying the use of case weights in court evaluations," Omega, Elsevier, vol. 103(C).
    19. Constantino, Michel & Candido, Osvaldo & Tabak, Benjamin M. & da Costa, Reginaldo Brito, 2017. "Modeling stochastic frontier based on vine copulas," Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Elsevier, vol. 486(C), pages 595-609.
    20. Kenneth Løvold Rødseth & Paal Brevik Wangsness & Halvor Schøyen & Finn Ragnar Førsund, 2020. "Port efficiency and emissions from ships at berth: application to the Norwegian port sector," Maritime Economics & Logistics, Palgrave Macmillan;International Association of Maritime Economists (IAME), vol. 22(4), pages 585-609, December.
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    23. Howell, Charles & Grifell-Tatjé, Emili, 2022. "Market heterogeneity and the relationship between competition and price dispersion: Evidence from the U.S. airline market," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 125(C), pages 218-230.
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    25. Valentin Zelenyuk, 2019. "Aggregation of Efficiency and Productivity: From Firm to Sector and Higher Levels," CEPA Working Papers Series WP062019, School of Economics, University of Queensland, Australia.
    26. Pham, Hien Thu & Hoang, Viet-Ngu & Yu, Ming-Miin & McLennan, Char-lee J., 2024. "Dynamic efficiency of Australia's innovation systems: A regional and state analysis," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 205(C).
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    6. Emil Heesche & Mette Asmild, 2022. "Implications of Aggregation Uncertainty in DEA," IFRO Working Paper 2022/02, University of Copenhagen, Department of Food and Resource Economics.
    7. Emil Heesche & Mette Asmild, 2020. "Controlling for environmental conditions in regulatory benchmarking," IFRO Working Paper 2020/03, University of Copenhagen, Department of Food and Resource Economics.
    8. Jingqi Sun & Nuermaimaiti Ruze & Jianjun Zhang & Haoran Zhao & Boyang Shen, 2019. "Evaluating the Investment Efficiency of China’s Provincial Power Grid Enterprises under New Electricity Market Reform: Empirical Evidence Based on Three-Stage DEA Model," Energies, MDPI, vol. 12(18), pages 1-17, September.
    9. Julio Cesar Mosquera Gutierres & Rafael Coradi Leme & Rodrigo Luiz Mendes Mota & Paulo E. Steele Santos, 2021. "Regulatory efficiency decomposition for utilities’ parallel subsystems," Operational Research, Springer, vol. 21(1), pages 331-347, March.

  4. Førsund, Finn R., 2017. "Measuring effectiveness of production in the public sector," Omega, Elsevier, vol. 73(C), pages 93-103.

    Cited by:

    1. Jesús A. Tapia & Bonifacio Salvador, 2022. "Data envelopment analysis efficiency in the public sector using provider and customer opinion: An application to the Spanish health system," Health Care Management Science, Springer, vol. 25(2), pages 333-346, June.
    2. Vidoli, Francesco & Auteri, Monica & Marinuzzi, Giorgia & Tortorella, Walter, 2023. "Spatial interdependence in cost efficiency and local government optimal size: The case of Italian municipalities," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 86(C).
    3. Panagiotis Ravanos & Giannis Karagiannis, 2021. "Using VEA to assess effectiveness in the development of human capabilities," Economic Change and Restructuring, Springer, vol. 54(1), pages 75-99, February.
    4. Calogero Guccio & Marco Martorana & Isidoro Mazza & Giacomo Pignataro & Ilde Rizzo, 2019. "An analysis of the efficiency of Italian museums using a generalised conditional efficiency model," ACEI Working Paper Series AWP-06-2019, Association for Cultural Economics International, revised Dec 2019.
    5. Nsabimana, René & Perelman, Sergio & Walheer, Barnabé & Mapapa, Mbangala, 2024. "Effectiveness and efficiency in access to reliable electricity: The case of East African countries," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 93(C).
    6. HUSERAS Alin Teodor & BALTES Nicolae, 2023. "Evaluation Of National Defense From An Economic Perspective," Revista Economica, Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu, Faculty of Economic Sciences, vol. 75(2), pages 87-97, June.
    7. Guccio, Calogero & Martorana, Marco & Mazza, Isidoro & Pignataro, Giacomo & Rizzo, Ilde, 2020. "An analysis of the managerial performance of Italian museums using a generalised conditional efficiency model," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 72(C).
    8. Hanson, Torbjørn, 2019. "Estimating output mix effectiveness: An applied scenario approach for the Armed Forces," Omega, Elsevier, vol. 83(C), pages 39-49.
    9. Nina Jörden & Lucy Hampton & Ayantola Alayande, 2024. "Public Sector Productivity Review: Fifteen questions," Insight Papers 030, The Productivity Institute.

  5. Vladimir E. Krivonozhko & Finn R. Førsund & Andrey V. Lychev, 2017. "On comparison of different sets of units used for improving the frontier in DEA models," Annals of Operations Research, Springer, vol. 250(1), pages 5-20, March.

    Cited by:

    1. Qingxian An & Fanyong Meng & Beibei Xiong & Zongrun Wang & Xiaohong Chen, 2020. "Assessing the relative efficiency of Chinese high-tech industries: a dynamic network data envelopment analysis approach," Annals of Operations Research, Springer, vol. 290(1), pages 707-729, July.

  6. Dag Fjeld Edvardsen & Finn R. Førsund & Sverre A. C. Kittelsen, 2017. "Productivity development of Norwegian institutions of higher education 2004–2013," Journal of the Operational Research Society, Palgrave Macmillan;The OR Society, vol. 68(4), pages 399-415, April.
    See citations under working paper version above.
  7. Førsund, Finn R. & Vislie, Jon, 2016. "Leif Johansen on intra-industry structural change," Journal of Policy Modeling, Elsevier, vol. 38(3), pages 515-527.

    Cited by:

    1. Finn R. Førsund & Ke Wang, 2020. "Measures of industry productivity change: the case of thermal electricity generation in Chinese provinces 2000–2014," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, vol. 53(1), pages 37-52, February.
    2. Kristiaan KERSTENS & Jafar SADEGHI & Ignace VAN DE WOESTYNE & John WALDEN, 2020. "Short-Run Johansen Frontier-Based Industry Models: Methodological Refinements and Empirical Illustration on Fisheries," Working Papers 2020-EQM-01, IESEG School of Management.
    3. Førsund, Finn R. & Heshmati, Almas & Wang, Ke, 2018. "Dynamic Industry Productivity Measures: The case of thermal electricity generation by South Korean plants 2001-2008 and in Chinese regions 2000-2004," Memorandum 6/2018, Oslo University, Department of Economics.

  8. Bjerkholt, Olav & Førsund, Finn R. & Holmøy, Erling, 2016. "Commemorating Leif Johansen (1930–1982) and his pioneering computable general equilibrium model of 1960," Journal of Policy Modeling, Elsevier, vol. 38(3), pages 415-420.

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    1. Xiang, Hongjin & Kuang, Yanxiang & Li, Chenhua, 2017. "Impact of the China–Australia FTA on global coal production and trade," Journal of Policy Modeling, Elsevier, vol. 39(1), pages 65-78.
    2. Zhang, Tao & Ma, Ying & Li, Angfei, 2021. "Scenario analysis and assessment of China’s nuclear power policy based on the Paris Agreement: A dynamic CGE model," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 228(C).
    3. Boqiang Lin & Zhijie Jia, 2020. "Supply control vs. demand control: why is resource tax more effective than carbon tax in reducing emissions?," Palgrave Communications, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 7(1), pages 1-13, December.
    4. Jia, Zhijie & Lin, Boqiang, 2021. "The impact of removing cross subsidies in electric power industry in China: Welfare, economy, and CO2 emission," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 148(PB).
    5. Jia, Zhijie & Lin, Boqiang & Liu, Xiying, 2023. "Rethinking the equity and efficiency of carbon tax: A novel perspective," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 346(C).
    6. Babatunde, Kazeem Alasinrin & Begum, Rawshan Ara & Said, Fathin Faizah, 2017. "Application of computable general equilibrium (CGE) to climate change mitigation policy: A systematic review," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 78(C), pages 61-71.

  9. Vladimir Krivonozhko & Finn Førsund & Andrey Lychev, 2015. "Terminal units in DEA: definition and determination," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, vol. 43(2), pages 151-164, April.
    See citations under working paper version above.
  10. Finn Førsund & Dag Edvardsen & Sverre Kittelsen, 2015. "Productivity of tax offices in Norway," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, vol. 43(3), pages 269-279, June.
    See citations under working paper version above.
  11. Gerald Granderson & Finn Forsund, 2014. "Rate of return regulation and the Le Chatelier principle," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, vol. 41(2), pages 263-275, April.

    Cited by:

    1. Guohua Feng & Jiti Gao & Xiaohui Zhang, 2016. "Estimation of Technical Change and Price Elasticities: A Categorical Time-varying Coefficient Approach," Monash Econometrics and Business Statistics Working Papers 2/16, Monash University, Department of Econometrics and Business Statistics.

  12. Krivonozhko, Vladimir E. & Førsund, Finn R. & Lychev, Andrey V., 2014. "Measurement of returns to scale using non-radial DEA models," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 232(3), pages 664-670.
    See citations under working paper version above.
  13. Førsund, Finn & Granderson, Gerald, 2013. "The impacts of the Clean Air Act on production cost, and the substitution between inputs in the electric utility industry," Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 40(C), pages 785-794.

    Cited by:

    1. Germeshausen, Robert, 2018. "The European Union emissions trading scheme and fuel efficiency of fossil fuel power plants in Germany," ZEW Discussion Papers 18-007, ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research.

  14. Finn Førsund, 2013. "Weight restrictions in DEA: misplaced emphasis?," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, vol. 40(3), pages 271-283, December.
    See citations under working paper version above.
  15. Krivonozhko, Vladimir E. & Førsund, Finn R. & Lychev, Andrey V., 2012. "A note on imposing strong complementary slackness conditions in DEA," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 220(3), pages 716-721.
    See citations under working paper version above.
  16. Vladimir Krivonozhko & Finn Førsund & Andrey Lychev, 2012. "Returns-to-scale properties in DEA models: the fundamental role of interior points," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, vol. 38(2), pages 121-130, October.
    See citations under working paper version above.
  17. Finn Førsund & Lennart Hjalmarsson & Jinghai Zheng, 2011. "A short-run production function for electricity generation in China," Journal of Chinese Economic and Business Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 9(2), pages 205-216.

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    1. Finn R. Førsund & Ke Wang, 2020. "Measures of industry productivity change: the case of thermal electricity generation in Chinese provinces 2000–2014," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, vol. 53(1), pages 37-52, February.
    2. Kristiaan KERSTENS & Jafar SADEGHI & Ignace VAN DE WOESTYNE & John WALDEN, 2020. "Short-Run Johansen Frontier-Based Industry Models: Methodological Refinements and Empirical Illustration on Fisheries," Working Papers 2020-EQM-01, IESEG School of Management.
    3. Førsund, Finn R. & Heshmati, Almas & Wang, Ke, 2018. "Dynamic Industry Productivity Measures: The case of thermal electricity generation by South Korean plants 2001-2008 and in Chinese regions 2000-2004," Memorandum 6/2018, Oslo University, Department of Economics.

  18. Førsund, Finn R., 2010. "Dynamic Efficiency Measurement," Indian Economic Review, Department of Economics, Delhi School of Economics, vol. 45(2), pages 125-159.

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    1. Førsund, Finn R., 2018. "Economic interpretations of DEA," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 61(C), pages 9-15.
    2. Finn R. Førsund, 2018. "Multi-equation modelling of desirable and undesirable outputs satisfying the materials balance," Empirical Economics, Springer, vol. 54(1), pages 67-99, February.
    3. Hanson, Torbjørn, 2016. "Efficiency and productivity in the operational units of the armed forces: A Norwegian example," International Journal of Production Economics, Elsevier, vol. 179(C), pages 12-23.
    4. Hampf, Benjamin, 2017. "Rational inefficiency, adjustment costs and sequential technologies," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 263(3), pages 1095-1108.
    5. Constantin Belu, 2015. "Are distance measures effective at measuring efficiency? DEA meets the vintage model," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, vol. 43(3), pages 237-248, June.

  19. Victor V. Podinovski & Finn R. Førsund, 2010. "Differential Characteristics of Efficient Frontiers in Data Envelopment Analysis," Operations Research, INFORMS, vol. 58(6), pages 1743-1754, December.

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    1. Podinovski, Victor V., 2016. "Optimal weights in DEA models with weight restrictions," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 254(3), pages 916-924.
    2. Lee, Chia-Yen & Charles, Vincent, 2022. "A robust capacity expansion integrating the perspectives of marginal productivity and capacity regret," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 296(2), pages 557-569.
    3. Noah J Miller & Jason S Bergtold & Allen M Featherstone, 2019. "Economic elasticities of input substitution using data envelopment analysis," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 14(8), pages 1-15, August.
    4. Ke Wang & Yujiao Xian & Chia-Yen Lee & Yi-Ming Wei & Zhimin Huang, 2019. "On selecting directions for directional distance functions in a non-parametric framework: a review," Annals of Operations Research, Springer, vol. 278(1), pages 43-76, July.
    5. Liangpeng Wu & Qingyuan Zhu, 2021. "Impacts of the carbon emission trading system on China’s carbon emission peak: a new data-driven approach," Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, Springer;International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, vol. 107(3), pages 2487-2515, July.
    6. Wei, Xiao & Zhang, Ning, 2020. "The shadow prices of CO2 and SO2 for Chinese Coal-fired Power Plants: A partial frontier approach," Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 85(C).
    7. Mehdiloo, Mahmood & Podinovski, Victor V., 2019. "Selective strong and weak disposability in efficiency analysis," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 276(3), pages 1154-1169.
    8. Veerle Hennebel & Richard Simper & Marijn Verschelde, 2017. "Is there a prison size dilemma? An empirical analysis of output-specific economies of scale," Post-Print hal-01745348, HAL.
    9. Podinovski, Victor V., 2017. "Returns to scale in convex production technologies," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 258(3), pages 970-982.
    10. Stefan Seifert, 2016. "Semi-Parametric Measures of Scale Characteristics of German Natural Gas-Fired Electricity Generation," Discussion Papers of DIW Berlin 1571, DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research.
    11. Podinovski, Victor V., 2019. "Direct estimation of marginal characteristics of nonparametric production frontiers in the presence of undesirable outputs," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 279(1), pages 258-276.
    12. Victor V. Podinovski & Tatiana Bouzdine-Chameeva, 2013. "Weight Restrictions and Free Production in Data Envelopment Analysis," Operations Research, INFORMS, vol. 61(2), pages 426-437, April.
    13. Victor V. Podinovski & Ole Bent Olesen & Cláudia S. Sarrico, 2018. "Nonparametric Production Technologies with Multiple Component Processes," Operations Research, INFORMS, vol. 66(1), pages 282-300, January.
    14. Chia-Yen Lee, 2017. "Directional marginal productivity: a foundation of meta-data envelopment analysis," Journal of the Operational Research Society, Palgrave Macmillan;The OR Society, vol. 68(5), pages 544-555, May.
    15. Lee, Chia-Yen & Johnson, Andrew L., 2014. "Proactive data envelopment analysis: Effective production and capacity expansion in stochastic environments," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 232(3), pages 537-548.
    16. Sahoo, Biresh K. & Tone, Kaoru, 2013. "Non-parametric measurement of economies of scale and scope in non-competitive environment with price uncertainty," Omega, Elsevier, vol. 41(1), pages 97-111.
    17. Victor V. Podinovski & Robert G. Chambers & Kazim Baris Atici & Iryna D. Deineko, 2016. "Marginal Values and Returns to Scale for Nonparametric Production Frontiers," Operations Research, INFORMS, vol. 64(1), pages 236-250, February.
    18. Sahoo, Biresh K & Khoveyni, Mohammad & Eslami, Robabeh & Chaudhury, Pradipta, 2016. "Returns to scale and most productive scale size in DEA with negative data," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 255(2), pages 545-558.
    19. Lee, Chia-Yen, 2014. "Meta-data envelopment analysis: Finding a direction towards marginal profit maximization," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 237(1), pages 207-216.
    20. Panagiotis Ravanos & Giannis Karagiannis, 2023. "On VEA, production trade-offs and weights restrictions," Journal of the Operational Research Society, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 74(10), pages 2081-2093, October.
    21. Atici, Kazim Baris & Podinovski, Victor V., 2015. "Using data envelopment analysis for the assessment of technical efficiency of units with different specialisations: An application to agriculture," Omega, Elsevier, vol. 54(C), pages 72-83.
    22. Peixin Duan, 2022. "How large of a grant size is appropriate? Evidence from the National Natural Science Foundation of China," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 17(2), pages 1-14, February.
    23. Seda Busra Sarac & Kazim Baris Atici & Aydin Ulucan, 2022. "Elasticity measurement on multiple levels of DEA frontiers: an application to agriculture," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, vol. 57(3), pages 313-324, June.
    24. Atici, Kazim Baris & Podinovski, Victor V., 2012. "Mixed partial elasticities in constant returns-to-scale production technologies," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 220(1), pages 262-269.
    25. Krivonozhko, Vladimir & Førsund, Finn R., 2009. "Returms-to-scale Properties in DEA Models: The Fundamental Role of Interior Points," Memorandum 15/2009, Oslo University, Department of Economics.
    26. Afsharian, Mohsen & Podinovski, Victor V., 2018. "A linear programming approach to efficiency evaluation in nonconvex metatechnologies," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 268(1), pages 268-280.

  20. F R Førsund & S A C Kittelsen & V E Krivonozhko, 2009. "Farrell revisited–Visualizing properties of DEA production frontiers," Journal of the Operational Research Society, Palgrave Macmillan;The OR Society, vol. 60(11), pages 1535-1545, November.

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    1. Victor V. Podinovski & Finn R. Førsund, 2010. "Differential Characteristics of Efficient Frontiers in Data Envelopment Analysis," Operations Research, INFORMS, vol. 58(6), pages 1743-1754, December.
    2. Førsund, Finn R., 2018. "Economic interpretations of DEA," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 61(C), pages 9-15.
    3. K. Tone & M. Tsutsui, 2015. "How to Deal with Non-Convex Frontiers in Data Envelopment Analysis," Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications, Springer, vol. 166(3), pages 1002-1028, September.

  21. Podinovski, Victor V. & Førsund, Finn R. & Krivonozhko, Vladimir E., 2009. "A simple derivation of scale elasticity in data envelopment analysis," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 197(1), pages 149-153, August.

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    1. Andreas Dellnitz & Andreas Kleine & Madjid Tavana, 2024. "An integrated data envelopment analysis and regression tree method for new product price estimation," OR Spectrum: Quantitative Approaches in Management, Springer;Gesellschaft für Operations Research e.V., vol. 46(4), pages 1189-1211, December.
    2. Victor V. Podinovski & Finn R. Førsund, 2010. "Differential Characteristics of Efficient Frontiers in Data Envelopment Analysis," Operations Research, INFORMS, vol. 58(6), pages 1743-1754, December.
    3. Amatatsu, Hirofumi & Ueda, Tohru, 2012. "Measurement of simultaneous scale and mix changes in inputs and outputs using DEA facets and RTS," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 223(3), pages 752-761.
    4. Podinovski, Victor V., 2016. "Optimal weights in DEA models with weight restrictions," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 254(3), pages 916-924.
    5. Walheer, Barnabé, 2018. "Scale efficiency for multi-output cost minimizing producers: The case of the US electricity plants," Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 70(C), pages 26-36.
    6. Valentin Zelenyuk, 2012. "Aggregation of Scale Efficiency," CEPA Working Papers Series WP042012, School of Economics, University of Queensland, Australia.
    7. Michael Zschille, 2014. "Nonparametric measures of returns to scale: an application to German water supply," Empirical Economics, Springer, vol. 47(3), pages 1029-1053, November.
    8. Andreas Dellnitz & Madjid Tavana & Rajiv Banker, 2023. "A novel median-based optimization model for eco-efficiency assessment in data envelopment analysis," Annals of Operations Research, Springer, vol. 322(2), pages 661-690, March.
    9. Dellnitz, Andreas & Tavana, Madjid, 2024. "Data envelopment analysis: From non-monotonic to monotonic scale elasticities," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 318(2), pages 549-559.
    10. Podinovski, Victor V., 2017. "Returns to scale in convex production technologies," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 258(3), pages 970-982.
    11. Podinovski, Victor V., 2019. "Direct estimation of marginal characteristics of nonparametric production frontiers in the presence of undesirable outputs," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 279(1), pages 258-276.
    12. Mahdi Mirjaberi & Reza Kazemi Matin, 2016. "On the Calculation of Directional Scale Elasticity in Data Envelopment Analysis," Asia-Pacific Journal of Operational Research (APJOR), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 33(04), pages 1-17, August.
    13. Alireza Amirteimoori & Biresh K. Sahoo & Saber Mehdizadeh, 2023. "Data envelopment analysis for scale elasticity measurement in the stochastic case: with an application to Indian banking," Financial Innovation, Springer;Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, vol. 9(1), pages 1-36, December.
    14. Petros Hadjicostas & Andreas Soteriou, 2010. "Different orders of one-sided scale elasticities in multi-output production," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, vol. 33(2), pages 147-167, April.
    15. Andreas Dellnitz & Elmar Reucher & Andreas Kleine, 2021. "Efficiency evaluation in data envelopment analysis using strong defining hyperplanes," OR Spectrum: Quantitative Approaches in Management, Springer;Gesellschaft für Operations Research e.V., vol. 43(2), pages 441-465, June.
    16. Sahoo, Biresh K. & Zhu, Joe & Tone, Kaoru & Klemen, Bernhard M., 2014. "Decomposing technical efficiency and scale elasticity in two-stage network DEA," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 233(3), pages 584-594.
    17. Shen, Wanfang & Liu, Yufei & Wan, Guanjiang & Shi, Jianing & Liu, Wenbin, 2024. "Performance evaluation considering academic misconduct of China’s higher education institutions," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 91(C).
    18. Victor V. Podinovski & Robert G. Chambers & Kazim Baris Atici & Iryna D. Deineko, 2016. "Marginal Values and Returns to Scale for Nonparametric Production Frontiers," Operations Research, INFORMS, vol. 64(1), pages 236-250, February.
    19. Sahoo, Biresh K & Khoveyni, Mohammad & Eslami, Robabeh & Chaudhury, Pradipta, 2016. "Returns to scale and most productive scale size in DEA with negative data," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 255(2), pages 545-558.
    20. Bert Balk & Rolf Färe & Giannis Karagiannis, 2015. "On directional scale elasticities," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, vol. 43(1), pages 99-104, February.
    21. Atici, Kazim Baris & Podinovski, Victor V., 2012. "Mixed partial elasticities in constant returns-to-scale production technologies," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 220(1), pages 262-269.
    22. Krivonozhko, Vladimir & Førsund, Finn R., 2009. "Returms-to-scale Properties in DEA Models: The Fundamental Role of Interior Points," Memorandum 15/2009, Oslo University, Department of Economics.
    23. Andreas Dellnitz & Andreas Kleine & Wilhelm Rödder, 2018. "CCR or BCC: what if we are in the wrong model?," Journal of Business Economics, Springer, vol. 88(7), pages 831-850, September.
    24. Afsharian, Mohsen & Podinovski, Victor V., 2018. "A linear programming approach to efficiency evaluation in nonconvex metatechnologies," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 268(1), pages 268-280.

  22. Forsund, Finn R., 2009. "Good Modelling of Bad Outputs: Pollution and Multiple-Output Production," International Review of Environmental and Resource Economics, now publishers, vol. 3(1), pages 1-38, August.
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  23. Førsund, Finn R. & Singh, Balbir & Jensen, Trond & Larsen, Cato, 2008. "Phasing in wind-power in Norway: Network congestion and crowding-out of hydropower," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 36(9), pages 3514-3520, September.

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    2. Engeland, Kolbjørn & Borga, Marco & Creutin, Jean-Dominique & François, Baptiste & Ramos, Maria-Helena & Vidal, Jean-Philippe, 2017. "Space-time variability of climate variables and intermittent renewable electricity production – A review," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 79(C), pages 600-617.
    3. Nesamalar, J. Jeslin Drusila & Venkatesh, P. & Raja, S. Charles, 2016. "Energy management by generator rescheduling in congestive deregulated power system," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 171(C), pages 357-371.
    4. Richard Green & Nicholas Vasilakos, 2012. "Storing Wind for a Rainy Day: What Kind of Electricity Does Denmark Export?," The Energy Journal, , vol. 33(3), pages 1-22, July.
    5. Etienne Billette de Villemeur & Pierre-Olivier Pineau, 2016. "Integrating Thermal and Hydro Electricity Markets: Economic and Environmental Costs of not Harmonizing Pricing Rules," The Energy Journal, , vol. 37(1), pages 77-100, January.
    6. Denault, Michel & Dupuis, Debbie & Couture-Cardinal, Sébastien, 2009. "Complementarity of hydro and wind power: Improving the risk profile of energy inflows," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 37(12), pages 5376-5384, December.
    7. Førsund, Finn R., 2009. "Energy in a Bathtub: Electricity Trade between Countries with Different Generation Technologies," Memorandum 17/2009, Oslo University, Department of Economics.
    8. Purvins, Arturs & Papaioannou, Ioulia T. & Oleinikova, Irina & Tzimas, Evangelos, 2012. "Effects of variable renewable power on a country-scale electricity system: High penetration of hydro power plants and wind farms in electricity generation," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 43(1), pages 225-236.
    9. Iglesias, Guillermo & Castellanos, Pablo & Seijas, Amparo, 2010. "Measurement of productive efficiency with frontier methods: A case study for wind farms," Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 32(5), pages 1199-1208, September.
    10. Matteo Deleidi & Mariana Mazzucato & Gregor Semieniuk, 2019. "Neither crowding in nor out: Public direct investment mobilising private investment into renewable electricity projects," Working Papers 226, Department of Economics, SOAS University of London, UK.
    11. Chu, Yin & Gao, Juanxia & Li, Haoyang, 2023. "Wind power expansion and regional allocative efficiency among fossil-fuel electricity generators," International Journal of Industrial Organization, Elsevier, vol. 91(C).
    12. Gupta, Akshita & Kumar, Arun & Khatod, Dheeraj Kumar, 2019. "Optimized scheduling of hydropower with increase in solar and wind installations," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 183(C), pages 716-732.
    13. Blindheim, Bernt, 2013. "Implementation of wind power in the Norwegian market; the reason why some of the best wind resources in Europe were not utilised by 2010," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 58(C), pages 337-346.

  24. Dag Edvardsen & Finn Førsund & Sverre Kittelsen, 2008. "Far out or alone in the crowd: a taxonomy of peers in DEA," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, vol. 29(3), pages 201-210, June.

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    1. Vladimir Krivonozhko & Finn Førsund & Andrey Lychev, 2015. "Terminal units in DEA: definition and determination," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, vol. 43(2), pages 151-164, April.
    2. Vladimir E. Krivonozhko & Finn R. Førsund & Andrey V. Lychev, 2017. "On comparison of different sets of units used for improving the frontier in DEA models," Annals of Operations Research, Springer, vol. 250(1), pages 5-20, March.
    3. Panagiotis Ravanos & Giannis Karagiannis, 2022. "In search for the Most Preferred Solution in Value Efficiency Analysis," Discussion Paper Series 2022_05, Department of Economics, University of Macedonia, revised Jul 2022.
    4. Førsund, Finn & Krivonozhko, Vladimir W & Lychev, Andrey V., 2016. "Smoothing the frontier in the DEA models," Memorandum 11/2016, Oslo University, Department of Economics.
    5. Antonis Adam & Sofia Tsarsitalidou, 2019. "Environmental policy efficiency: measurement and determinants," Economics of Governance, Springer, vol. 20(1), pages 1-22, March.
    6. Krivonozhko, Vladimir E. & Førsund, Finn R. & Lychev, Andrey V., 2012. "Identifying Suspicious Efficient Units in DEA Models," Memorandum 30/2012, Oslo University, Department of Economics.
    7. Amin Mostafaee & Sevan Sohraiee, 2019. "The role of hyperplanes for characterizing suspicious units in DEA," Annals of Operations Research, Springer, vol. 275(2), pages 531-549, April.

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    10. Michael Zschille, 2014. "Nonparametric measures of returns to scale: an application to German water supply," Empirical Economics, Springer, vol. 47(3), pages 1029-1053, November.
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    13. F R Førsund & S A C Kittelsen & V E Krivonozhko, 2009. "Farrell revisited–Visualizing properties of DEA production frontiers," Journal of the Operational Research Society, Palgrave Macmillan;The OR Society, vol. 60(11), pages 1535-1545, November.
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Chapters

  1. Forsund, Finn R., 1985. "Input-output models, national economic models, and the environment," Handbook of Natural Resource and Energy Economics, in: A. V. Kneese† & J. L. Sweeney (ed.), Handbook of Natural Resource and Energy Economics, edition 1, volume 1, chapter 8, pages 325-341, Elsevier.

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Books

  1. Finn R. Førsund, 2015. "Hydropower Economics," International Series in Operations Research and Management Science, Springer, edition 2, number 978-1-4899-7519-5.
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  2. Førsund, Finn R. & Hjalmarsson, Lennart & Karko, Jussi & Eitrheim, øyvind, . "An Intercountry Comparison of Productivity and Technical Change in the Nordic Cement Industry," ETLA B, The Research Institute of the Finnish Economy, number 44, June.

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