Skip to main content

ETHNOS_APP

Home • Search • Journals • List 0

Benefit and Distance Functions

Bibliographic Data

ID23342575
AuthorsRobert G Chambers (0000-0002-6731-8932, University of Maryland, College Park), Yangho Chung (Southern Illinois University Carbondale), Rolf Färe (0000-0002-7384-3688, Southern Illinois University Carbondale)
Year1996
Volume70
Issue2
Pages407-419
Publication date1996-08-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Economic Theory (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-0531 • E-ISSN: 1095-7235
PublisherElsevier BV (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1006/jeth.1996.0096
OpenAlexW2022041746
LanguageEN
Citations received71
References cited1

Context (archaeology) · Economics · Function (biology) · Geography · Geometry · Mathematical economics · Mathematical optimization · Microeconomics · Point (geometry) · Production (economics) · Production theory · Profit (economics) · Revenue · Space (punctuation) · Computer Science · Economic Growth and Productivity · Economic theories and models · Finance · Mathematics · Monetary Policy and Economic Impact

  • Measurement and Sources of Economies of Scope

    Jean‐paul Chavas, Jean-Paul Chavas et al.•Journal of Institutional and…•2007

  • Effects of local and civil environmental regulation on green total factor productivity in China

    Open Access•Bin Li, Ли Бин et al.•Journal of Cleaner Production•2017

  • Influence of digital finance and green technology innovation on China's carbon emission efficiency

    Open Access•Minglong Zhang, Yin Liu•The Science of The Total…•2022

  • Environmental regulation and green productivity growth

    Open Access•Yun Wang, Wang Yun et al.•Energy Policy•2019

  • Metafrontier frameworks for the study of firm-level efficiencies and technology ratios

    Open Access•Christopher J O’Donnell, D S Prasada Rao et al.•Empirical Economics•2008

  • Energy and CO2 emission performance in electricity generation

    Open Access•P Zhou, B W Ang et al.•European Journal of Operational…•2012

  • A directional slacks-based measure of technical inefficiency

    Open Access•Hirofumi Fukuyama, William Weber et al.•Socio-Economic Planning Sciences•2009

  • Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Ecological Total-Factor Energy Efficiency and Their Drivers in China at the Prefecture Level

    Open Access•Guangdong Li•International Journal of…•2019

  • How Low-Carbon Pilots Affect Chinese Urban Energy Efficiency

    Open Access•Jian Song, Jing Wang et al.•International Journal of…•2022

  • Efficiency Analysis of Syrian Refugees’ Healthcare Services in Turkey and Other 3RP States

    Open Access•Emmanuel Achiri, Mustapha D Ibrahim•International Journal of…•2022

  • Environmental Regulation Intensity, Carbon Footprint and Green Total Factor Productivity of Manufacturing Industries

    Open Access•Lei Wang, Yu Yan•International Journal of…•2022

  • Does the Application of ICTs Improve the Efficiency of Agricultural Carbon Reduction? Evidence from Broadband Adoption in Rural China

    Open Access•Rao Pan, Pan Rao et al.•International Journal of…•2022

  • Assessing Productivity Development of Public Hospitals

    Open Access•Juan Du, Shuhong Cui et al.•International Journal of…•2020

  • Integrated mobility and autonomous technologies

    Open Access•Xiaoqing Chen, Aiqi Xiao et al.•Transport Policy•2026

  • Ecological–environmental transformation efficiency in China

    Open Access•Fang-rong Ren, Ren Fang-Rong et al.•Humanities and Social Sciences…•2025

  • Total factor productivity growth and spatial–temporal evolution of China’s health system

    Open Access•Yutong Yan, Pengcheng Wang et al.•Frontiers in Public Health•2026

  • Institutional quality and the environment–finance nexus

    Open Access•Cristian Barra, P M Falcone•Environment and Development…•2025

  • Input inefficiencies in the hotel industry. A non-radial directional performance measurement

    Open Access•Christian Hernández-Guedes, Jorge V Pérez‐Rodríguez et al.•Tourism Economics•2024

  • Evaluation and Decomposition of Tourism Inefficiency Considering Heterogeneous Technology

    Open Access•Jianping Zha, Dongqin He et al.•Journal of Hospitality & Tourism…•2022

  • Efficiency of rice production and CO 2 emissions

    Sonali Sharma, Kakali Majumdar•Journal of Environmental Planning…•2021

  • Carbon productivity growth in China’s transportation industry

    Fangqing Wei, Yingyi Fan et al.•Journal of Environmental Planning…•2025

  • How information technology contributes to justice efficiency

    Open Access•Bruno Mathis, Stéphane Mussard•European Journal of Law and…•2025

  • Nonparametric portfolio efficiency measurement with higher moments

    Open Access•JENS J KRÜGER•Empirical Economics•2021

  • From utility functions and generalized means to distance functions

    Open Access•Walter Briec•Mathematical Social Sciences•2026

  • Unleashing the spillover potential

    Open Access•Xiao Lei, Xueli Chen et al.•Technological Forecasting and…•2024

  • Does trade in services improve carbon efficiency? —Analysis based on international panel data

    Open Access•Rui Feng, Chen Shen et al.•Technological Forecasting and…•2022

  • Digital transition and green growth in Chinese agriculture

    Open Access•Zhiyang Shen, Songkai Wang et al.•Technological Forecasting and…•2022

  • Measuring performance and productivity of G20 Nations in the industrial sector

    Open Access•Vishal Chaubey, Kshitish Kumar Mohanta et al.•Sustainable Futures•2026

  • The effects of corruption on China’s provincial eco-efficiency

    Zhujia Yin, Leilei Li et al.•Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy•2022

  • Regional efficiency improvement by means of data envelopment analysis through Euclidean distance minimization including fixed input factors

    Open Access•Soushi Suzuki, Peter Nijkamp et al.•Papers of the Regional Science…•2010

  • Analysing group‐ and metatechnology efficiencies and technology gap of airlines for a sustainable future

    Open Access•Ming‐Miin Yu, Yongli Guo et al.•Sustainable Development•2024

  • Italian regulatory reform and water utility performance

    Open Access•Andrea Guerrini, María Molinos-Senante et al.•Utilities Policy•2018

  • Measuring the eco-efficiency of municipal solid waste service

    Open Access•C Lo Storto•Utilities Policy•2024

  • Water company productivity change

    Open Access•Manuel Mocholí-Arce, Ramon Sala-Garrido et al.•Utilities Policy•2021

  • An Efficiency Perspective on Carbon Emissions and Financial Performance

    Open Access•Arjan Trinks, Machiel Mulder et al.•Ecological Economics•2020

  • Assessing the impact of agri-environmental payments on green productivity in Germany

    Open Access•Amer Ait Sidhoum, Philipp Mennig et al.•Ecological Economics•2024

  • Environmental efficiency measurement with translog distance functions

    Open Access•Rafael Álvarez Cuesta, C A Knox Lovell et al.•Ecological Economics•2009

  • Environmental efficiency and methane abatement costs of dairy farms from Minas Gerais, Brazil

    Open Access•Everton Vogel, Bernhard Dalheimer et al.•Food Policy•2023

  • On Measuring Tourism Productivity

    Nicolas Peypoch•Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism…•2007

  • Technical efficiency analysis of China's water sector

    Open Access•Yuzhen Tian, Kim Huat Goh et al.•Utilities Policy•2025

  • Nonparametric, Stochastic Frontier Models with Multiple Inputs and Outputs

    Léopold Simar, Paul W Wilson•Journal of Business and Economic…•2023

  • Are Credit Unions Too Small

    David C Wheelock, Paul W Wilson•The Review of Economics and…•2011

  • Productivity Growth and Pollution in State Manufacturing

    William Weber, William L Weber et al.•The Review of Economics and…•2001

  • Data envelopment analysis based optimization for improving net ecosystem carbon and energy budget in cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) cultivation

    Open Access•Pritpal Singh, Gurdeep Singh et al.•Environment Development and…•2022

  • Urban Circulation Network Construction Policy and Carbon Emission Performance

    Open Access•Lianghu Wang, Jun Shao•SAGE Open•2025

  • Analysis of regional energy conservation and emission reduction based on the feasible meta-frontier

    Open Access•Lei Li, Xingchen Li et al.•Environment Development and…•2023

  • Measuring static and dynamic industrial eco-efficiency in China based on the MinDS–Malmquist–Luenberger model

    Open Access•Pei-Pei Jiang, Yuan Wang et al.•Environment Development and…•2023

  • Assessing the contribution of farmers’ working conditions to productive efficiency in the presence of uncertainty, a nonparametric approach

    Open Access•Amer Ait Sidhoum•Environment Development and…•2023

  • The spatiotemporal dynamic evolution and influencing factors of agricultural green total factor productivity in Southeast Asia (Asean-6)

    Open Access•Salman Hamid, Qingqing Wang et al.•Environment Development and…•2023

  • Considering the impact of geographic location and climate on China’s environmental efficiency based on a meta dynamic non-radial DDF

    Open Access•Bin Zhang, Minmin Ma et al.•Environment Development and…•2023

  • Does agricultural fiscal policy improve green development in China’s agriculture sector? Evidence from energy and environmental perspectives

    Open Access•Xiaoli Wu, WU Xiao-li et al.•Environment Development and…•2024

  • Environmental information disclosure and energy efficiency

    Open Access•Lianghu Wang, Jun Shao•Environment Development and…•2023

  • Analysis of China’s regional energy efficiency based on DEA considering integer constraint

    Open Access•Xiaohong Liu, Jiasen Sun•Environment Development and…•2022

  • Valuing tradeoffs between agricultural production and wetland condition in the U.S. Mid-Atlantic region

    Open Access•Moriah B Bostian, Moriah Bostian et al.•Ecological Economics•2014

  • Impact of industrial intelligence on green total factor productivity

    Open Access•Siying Yang, Fengshuo Liu•Ecological Economics•2024

  • Performance-based environmental index weights

    Open Access•Moriah J Bellenger, Alan T Herlihy•Ecological Economics•2010

  • Shadow prices and pollution costs in U.S. agriculture

    Open Access•Rolf Färe, Shawna Grosskopf et al.•Ecological Economics•2006

  • An economic approach to environmental indices

    Open Access•Moriah J Bellenger, Alan T Herlihy•Ecological Economics•2009

  • Capturing the least costly way of reducing pollution

    Kenneth Løvold Rødseth•Ecological Economics•2013

  • Let the cows graze

    Open Access•Hinrich D Schulte, Linda Armbrecht et al.•Land Use Policy•2018

  • Modeling and evaluating economic and ecological operation efficiency of smart city pilots

    Open Access•Malin Song, Kim Hua Tan et al.•Cities•2022

  • Efficiency and productivity of French ski resorts

    Open Access•Olga Goncalves•Tourism Management•2013

  • How does technological innovation impact the convergence effect of energy and environmental efficiency? Empirical evidence from the mining industry

    Open Access•Runqing Zhu, Boqiang Lin•Environmental Impact Assessment…•2026

  • Impact of technological innovation on China's mining industry

    Open Access•Runqing Zhu, John Zaixin Zhang et al.•Environmental Impact Assessment…•2024

  • Technology adoption and assessment of eco-efficiency in water management

    Open Access•Amer Ait Sidhoum, Maria Vrachioli•Environmental Impact Assessment…•2025

  • Directional distance functions and social welfare

    Open Access•Walter Briec, Audrey Dumas et al.•Mathematical Social Sciences•2021

  • Classified evaluation of R&D activities in Chinese universities

    Open Access•Lei Chen, Cuiyun Luo et al.•Technology in Society•2024

  • Assessing the Influence of Education Efficiency in the European Union

    Open Access•Emmanuel C Mamatzakis•Kyklos•2025

  • Dual Approaches to the Analysis of Risk Aversion

    Open Access•Robert G Chambers, John Quiggin•Economica•2007

  • Benchmarking and Performance Evaluation Towards the Sustainable Development of Regions in Taiwan

    Open Access•Shih-Heng Yu•Social Indicators Research•2019

  • Enhancing the Measurement of Composite Indicators of Corporate Social Performance

    Open Access•Juan Aparicio, Magdalena Kapelko•Social Indicators Research•2019

  • The Economic Theory of Index Numbers and the Measurement of Input, Output, and Productivity

    Douglas W Caves, Laurits R Christensen et al.•Econometrica•1982

Unique citing works71
Citations per year2,84
Citation span2001 - 2026 (26)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 70

Tools

Open DOISci-Hub
Ethnos_APP • Open Source Project • MIT License • Frontend v2.0.0 • Privacy and Cookies • API Documentation: api.ethnos.app/docs • API Source Code: GitHub • DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17049435 • Frontend Source Code: GitHub • DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17050053 • cruz.rio.br • Expectantes Misericordiae