Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: Balk, B.M.
Author-Name-Last: Balk
Author-Name-First: Bert
Author-Name: Zofío, J.L.
Author-Name-Last: Zofío
Author-Name-First: José
Title: The Decompositions of Cost Variation
Abstract: In this paper a number of meaningful and empirically implementable decom-
 positions of the cost variation (in difference and ratio form) are developed. The
 components distinguished are price level change, technical efficiency change,
 allocative efficiency change, technological change, scale of activity change,
 and price structure change. Given data from a (balanced) panel of produc-
 tion units, all the necessary ingredients for the computation of the various
 decompositions can be obtained by using linear programming techniques. An
 application is provided.
Length: 20
Creation-Date: 2019-05-09
File-URL: https://repub.eur.nl/pub/116408/ERS-2019-006-LIS.pdf
File-Format: application/pdf
Series: RePEc:ems:eureri
Number: ERS-2019-006-LIS
Classification-JEL: C43, D24, O12
Keywords: Cost variation, decomposition, efficiency change, technological change, index number theory
Handle: RePEc:ems:eureri:116408