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Bert M. Balk

Bio: Bert M. Balk is an academic researcher from Erasmus University Rotterdam. The author has contributed to research in topics: Productivity & Price index. The author has an hindex of 27, co-authored 93 publications receiving 2508 citations. Previous affiliations of Bert M. Balk include Central Bureau of Statistics & Erasmus Research Institute of Management.


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TL;DR: In this article, the authors developed a generic measure of scale efficiency for a multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) firm, using basic principles of modern production theory, and combined measures of technological change, technical efficiency change, and scale efficiency change into an encompassing measure of productivity change.
Abstract: Thefirst objective of this paper is to develop a generic measureof scale efficiency for a multiple-input multiple-output firm,using basic principles of modern production theory. The secondobjective is to combine measures of technological change, technicalefficiency change, and scale efficiency change into an encompassing(primal) measure of productivity change. This measure and itsdecomposition is compared to a number of recent proposals inorder to shed light on what seems to have become a controversialissue. The paper proceeds by developing an encompassing dualmeasure of productivity change. This dual measure is then appliedto panel data of a set of Dutch firms, continuing the empiricalwork of Balk (1998). It turns out that extending the Malmquistproductivity index with factors measuring scale efficiency changeand input mix change leads to appreciably different outcomes.

336 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, a revue de la litterature sur la ''theorie axiomatique de l'indice des prix (et des quantites)» is proposed.
Abstract: Cet article propose une revue de la litterature sur la «theorie axiomatique de l'indice des prix (et des quantites)». Dans cette theorie, un indice de prix est une fonction des prix et des quantites de la periode de base et de la periode de reference, fonction qui doit repondre a certaines contraintes (axiomes et/ou tests). Les principales conclusions sont: (1.) la condition de circularite implique que les indices de prix ne peuvent pas dependre des quantites de la periode de base ou de la periode de reference; (2.) retenu l'indice de prix de Fisher comme le meilleur indice n'apparait pas comme une conclusion evidente; (3.) l'utilisation des indices de Laspeyres et de Paasche dans les systemes statistiques officiels est legitimee

195 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigate antecedents of safety performance in warehouses and study what factors influence the number of accidents that have occurred in the past three and a half years in 78 Dutch warehouses.

188 citations

Book
19 Jul 2012
TL;DR: In this paper, the quest for international comparisons and international comparisons: transitivity and additivity, and the international comparison of elementary aggregates through history is discussed. And the price indices through history are discussed.
Abstract: 1. Price indices through history 2. The quest for international comparisons 3. Axioms, tests, and indices 4. Decompositions and subperiods 5. Price indices for elementary aggregates 6. Divisia and Montgomery indices 7. International comparisons: transitivity and additivity.

166 citations

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01 Jan 1998

142 citations


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01 Jan 1994
TL;DR: In this article, the authors analyzed productivity growth in seventeen OECD countries over the period 1979-88 and found that U.S. productivity growth is slightly higher than average, all of which is due to technical change.
Abstract: This paper analyzes productivity growth in seventeen OECD countries over the period 1979-88. A nonparametric programming method (activity analysis) is used to compute Malmquist productivity indexes. These are decomposed into two component measures, namely, technical change and efficiency change. The authors find that U.S. productivity growth is slightly higher than average, all of which is due to technical change. Japan's productivity growth is the highest in the sample with almost half due to efficiency change. Copyright 1994 by American Economic Association.

3,851 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, a nonparametric programming method (activity analysis) is used to compute the Malmquist productivity indexes, which are decomposed into two component measures, namely, technical change and efficiency change.
Abstract: This paper analyzes productivity growth in 17 OECD countries over the period 1979-1988. A nonparametric programming method (activity analysis) is used to compute Malmquist productivity indexes. These are decomposed into two component measures, namely, technical change and efficiency change. We find that U.S. productivity growth is slightly higher than average, all of which is due to technical change. Japan's productivity growth is the highest in the sample, with almost half due to efficiency change. (JEL C43, D24) In this paper we apply recently developed

3,434 citations

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TL;DR: A detailed overview of the synthesis, properties and applications of nanoparticles exist in different forms NPs are tiny materials having size ranges from 1 to 100nm They can be classified into different classes based on their properties, shapes or sizes.

3,282 citations

01 Jan 2015
TL;DR: The Penn World Table (PWT) as mentioned in this paper has been used to compare real GDP comparisons across countries and over time, and the PWT version 8 will expand on previous versions of PWT in three respects.
Abstract: We describe the theory and practice of real GDP comparisons across countries and over time. Effective with version 8, the Penn World Table (PWT) will be taken over by the University of California, Davis and the University of Groningen, with continued input from Alan Heston at the University of Pennsylvania. Version 8 will expand on previous versions of PWT in three respects. First, it will distinguish real GDP on the expenditure side from real GDP on the output side, which differ by the terms of trade faced by countries. Second, it will distinguish growth rates of GDP based on national accounts data from growth rates that are benchmarked in multiple years to cross-country price data. Third, data on capital stocks will be reintroduced. Some illustrative results from PWT version 8 are discussed, including new results that show how the Penn effect is not emergent but a stable relationship over time.

3,019 citations

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TL;DR: The Penn World Table (PWT) as discussed by the authors has been used to compare real GDP comparisons across countries and over time, and the PWT version 8 will expand on previous versions of PWT in three respects.
Abstract: We describe the theory and practice of real GDP comparisons across countries and over time. Effective with version 8, the Penn World Table (PWT) will be taken over by the University of California, Davis and the University of Groningen, with continued input from Alan Heston at the University of Pennsylvania. Version 8 will expand on previous versions of PWT in three respects. First, it will distinguish real GDP on the expenditure side from real GDP on the output side, which differ by the terms of trade faced by countries. Second, it will distinguish growth rates of GDP based on national accounts data from growth rates that are benchmarked in multiple years to cross-country price data. Third, data on capital stocks will be reintroduced. Some illustrative results from PWT version 8 are discussed, including new results that show how the Penn effect is not emergent but a stable relationship over time.

2,285 citations