Papers by Sergio Perelman
Have the 1992 and 2000 CAP reforms had any discernable effect upon agricultural productivity? In ... more Have the 1992 and 2000 CAP reforms had any discernable effect upon agricultural productivity? In this study we derive detailed information on the total factor productivity (TFP) growth of arable farms in Belgium over a 16-year period from 1987 to 2002. Calculations are based on a carefully constructed high-quality detailed farm-level data set containing 1728 observations, involving over 100 farms in most years. Three output variables (cereals, other crops, other outputs) and four input variables (land, labour, capital and other inputs) are constructed, using multilateral Fisher index numbers where crop aggregation is required. The TFP measures are calculated using a Malmquist TFP index relative to a series of data envelopment analysis (DEA) frontiers. Annual average TFP change of 1.0% per year is estimated for this industry. This rate does not compare well with rates of over 2% that are commonly reported in studies involving other developed countries. The pattern of TFP growth over ...
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SSRN Electronic Journal, 2005
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Annales d'Économie et de Statistique, 1994
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Annales d'Économie et de Statistique, 1986
This paper provides a short survey of the theoretical discussion on the equivalence between taxat... more This paper provides a short survey of the theoretical discussion on the equivalence between taxation and debt financing of public expenditures. It stresses that the key assumption in this debate concerns the behaviour of individuals towards their economic environment and public policy. Then, it turns to an empirical test of equivalence based on a new sample of 19 OECD countries for the period 1961-1983. The conclusion is consistent with previous studies: the case of equivalence between tax and debt financing is not established.
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En Belgique, une proportion importante de travailleurs quittent la vie active avant d'atteind... more En Belgique, une proportion importante de travailleurs quittent la vie active avant d'atteindre l'Ă¢ge de 60 ans. Dans cette Ă©tude nous analysons les conditions de vie de cette tranche de la population Ă l'aide d'une sĂ©rie d'indicateurs. Il apparaĂ®t que plus d'un quart d'entre eux sont "pauvres" selon le critère du seuil de 60% du revenu mĂ©dian (15,6% au seuil de 50%) et ces observations sont confirmĂ©es quand on s'intĂ©resse Ă la situation de ces mĂªmes personnes du point de vue patrimonial ou au travers d'indicateurs de pauvretĂ© subjective ou de privation matĂ©rielle. Avec une population vieillissant Ă grands pas du fait de l'arrivĂ©e massive de la gĂ©nĂ©ration issue du "baby-boom" et de l'allongement de l'espĂ©rance de vie, on doit s'inquiĂ©ter des conditions dans lesquelles une partie de cette population vivra ces vieux jours.
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The Individual and the Welfare State, 2011
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Economie et statistique, 2007
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In this paper we analyze the levels of technical efficiency and productivity growth attained by S... more In this paper we analyze the levels of technical efficiency and productivity growth attained by Spanish insurance companies during a period of deregulation. We compute Malmquist productivity indexes using the estimates of parametric distance function for several specialized insurance branches. In this way, we show that branch specialization matters a great deal and that firms combining two or three product
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Utilities Policy, 2012
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We apply frontier analysis tools to study the relationship between cognitive functioning and fact... more We apply frontier analysis tools to study the relationship between cognitive functioning and factors like age, education and occupational activities, professional or not, among individuals aged 50 year and more in Europe. We use individual data collected in the first ...
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CREPP WP, 2006
The aim of this paper was to use a parametric stochastic frontier approach (coming from the econo... more The aim of this paper was to use a parametric stochastic frontier approach (coming from the economic literature) to explore the impact of the concept of activity (taken in a broad sense: ie, including both professional and non-professional activities) on the ...
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Journal of Population Economics, 1993
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Insurance: Mathematics and Economics, 1993
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Global Business Review, 2010
This article is an attempt to calculate the Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA)efficiency scores and ... more This article is an attempt to calculate the Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA)efficiency scores and productivity indices of banks in Saudi Arabia. Our DEA results indicate that technical inefficiency emerges from both scale as well as pure technical inefficiencies. The results on Malmquist Productivity Index (MPI)reflect an improvement in average productivity of banks. However, the major source of productivity gain was the efficiency change relative to technological change. The banks in the Kingdom appear to have succeeded in catching up with the best performance, even though the average scores on technical efficiency (TE)stood beyond optimality. Implications of the study reveal that countries like Saudi Arabia need to accelerate and diversify resource mobilization efforts extensively, suggesting banks to go beyond deposits as the main source of resource mobilization. The existing monopolistic type of banking sector needs to be transformed into a competitive one, enabling banks to look...
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