Myths and Reality of Productivity Miracles and Failures in Transitional Economies

Kyiv (Kiev), Ukraine, July 4-5, 2005
http://upeg.eerc.kiev.ua/conf/

Organized by: UPEG (Ukrainian Productivity and Efficiency Group) at EROC/EERC-Kyiv (National University "Kyiv Mohyla Academy").

Papers of Speakers

Abrashkevich Aliaksandr (UPEG/EERC,Ukraine) “Belarusian banking in the context of frontier efficiency”

Demchuk Pavlo (UPEG/EERC) “Economic Efficiency of Ukrainian Regions: How Far are They Apart”

Forsund Finn R. (University of Oslo and the Frisch Centre), Frode Lindseth (The Norwegian Tax Directorate) and Sverre A. C. Kittelsen (The Frisch Centre, Norway) “The Tax Man Cometh - But Is He Efficient?”

Gorbachuk Wasyl (Cybernetics Institute (Ukraine) and UPEG) “Solving a revenue-maximization and cost-minimization problem via bilevel programming approach”

Li Sung-Ko (Hong Kong Baptist Univ.,Hong Kong,China) “Modelling Heterogeneity in the Measurement of Structural Efficiency” Key-note speaker.

Morgunov Eugene (Siberian State Aerospace University, Krasnoyarsk, Russia) “Theory and practice of computer technologies used for creating DEA software”

Nivyevskiy Oleg (IER, Ukraine and UPEG) “Efficiency Change in Ukraine’s Sunflower Seeds Industry”

Pilyavsky Anatoly (Lviv Academy of Commerce,Lviv,Ukraine), Vivian G. Valdmanis (University of the Sciences in Philadelphia, USA), and others. “East – West: does it make a difference to hospital efficiencies in Ukraine?”

Romanov Alexander (Procter&Gamble-Ukraine and UPEG) “Statistical Inference On Aggregates Of Productivity Indices”

Salnykov Mykhaylo (Simon Fraser University (Canada) and UPEG) “On Commensurability Of Directional Distance Functions”

Simar Leopold (Universite Catholique de Louvain, Belgium) “Advances in Statistical Measurement in Efficiency Analysis” Key-note speaker.

Simoes Nadia Nogueira (Instituto Superior de Ciencias do Trabalho e da Empresa, Portugal) “Labor Demand, Productivity And Business Cycle: Evidence From Portuguese Large Firms”

Tissot Bruno (Bank for International Settlements, Switzerland) “Revisiting recent productivity developments across OECD countries.”

Wilson Paul (University of Texas, Austin, USA) “Estimating Productivity of Education in Transitional Countries”. Key-note speaker.

Zheka Vitaliy “Corporate Governance and Firms’ Performance in Ukraine”


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