In this paper, we test for productivity gains resulting from the introduction of a productivity-based incentive program in a large manufacturing plant of a Fortune 500 corporation. We develop a methodology based on a stochastic nonparametric frontier estimation technique to evaluate productivity in the postincentive plan period relative to the pre-incentive plan period. We also test for product...

We examine the cost structure of public schools in this paper, using frontier cost models that enable us to estimate sources of inefficiency. A two equation stochastic frontier model is presented that can be used to explain both cost and the sources of inefficiency. Using that model and data for public schools in Nebraska over the period 1989-92, we estimate cost frontiers for the districts. Es...

We examine the ability of the Expansionary Fiscal Contraction (EFC) hypothesis to explain the performance of of OECD economies during times of crisis. We ̄nd some limited evidence in its favour: if public consumption is reduced in response to a ̄scal crisis (as de ̄ned by a high level of debt), private consumption does seem to increase. However the size of the e®ect is smaller than that typicall...

Previous bufferless router designs require to drop and retransmit packets or deflect them each time a network channel get conflicted. These approaches, unfortunately, make data packets and even their flits arrive at destinations out-of-order. In this work, we present a new bufferless router architecture that provides in-order packet delivery. The key idea is to utilize pipeline registers at cha...

In this paper is presented a parallel algorithm for computing a Lagrange interpolation on a Extended Fibonacci Cube EFC 1(n).The algorithm consists of three phases: initialisation phase, main phase in wich the Lagrange polynomials are computed and final phase in wich the terms of the interpolation formula are added together.

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When calculating financial need, the FAFSA does not consider the parental income of students who turn 24 years old. This paper uses the student’s quarter of birth interacted with the treated cohort to instrument for financial need. Using the interaction mitigates many of the concerns regarding quarter of birth instruments. A dollar increase in financial need is associated with 15 cents in feder...

window analysis is a known technique to evaluate performance during the time periods based on data envelopment analysis. in application of window analysis is assumed that efficient frontier have not changed during the periods in the study. unlike the window analysis, malmquist index tries to identify difference between efficient frontiers and separated them. but the means of different frontier ...