生產經濟學（一）
PRODUCTION ECONOMICS (I)
Fall, 2000
國立臺灣大學農業經濟研究所

One cannot be sure, though at the very least it is often argued that (ceteris paribus) those who have numbers will win the debate against those lacking them. Again (ceteris paribus), those who have better numbers can expect to win.
Alan A. Powell and Richard H. Snape (1993)

課程編號：627 M2910
任課教師：徐世勳 教授 (Dr. Shih-Hsun Hsu)
辦公室：農業綜合館 103 A 室
電 話：2363-0231 轉 3264 或 2365-6329
電 傳：2362-8496
E-mail ：hsu@taigem.agec.ntu.edu.tw
學分： 3 全年或半年： 半年 必修或選修： 選修
授課對象：碩士班、博士班研究生及相關研究單位專家學者
授課地點：農經四
授課時間：星期二 下午 2:00 - 5:00
軟體程式：
(1) SHAZAM: Econometrics Computer Program, Version 8.0, University of British Columbia, CANADA, 1997. 本程式置於臺灣大學農業經濟學研究所電腦室，請向電腦室 黃靜美小姐 申請使用。
(2) GAMS: Release 2.25, 1992, Washington, D.C.: GAMS Development Corp. 本程式置於臺灣大學農業經濟學研究所電腦室，請向電腦室 黃靜美小姐 申請使用。




評分標準：(1) 課堂討論佔學期總分 20%
(2) 習題作業佔學期總分 20%
(3) 期末報告佔學期總分 30%
(4) 期末考試佔學期總分 30%
授課目的：
1) 生產經濟學(Production Theory)基本理論的介紹及其應用
2) 生產函數、成本函數及利潤函數的介紹、其理論架構及對偶關係
3) 生產函數、成本函數及利潤函數的實證應用
4) Index Numbers及TFP的介紹、其理論架構及實證應用
5) 介紹Data Envelopment Analysis(DEA)相關文獻、理論架構及其應用
6) 介紹Stochastic Frontiers相關文獻、理論架構及其應用
7) 熟悉 SHAZAM、GAMS 相關軟體程式的操作及其在生產經濟學的應用


主要用書：
Beattie, B.R. and C.R. Taylor, The Economics of Production, New York: Wiley, 1985.
Chambers, Robert G., Applied Production Analysis: A Dual Approach. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1988.
Coelli, Tim, D.S. Prasada Rao, and G.E. Battese, An Introduction to Efficiency and Productivity Analysis, Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1998.




授課大綱
1. INTRODUCTION
2. REVIEW OF PRODUCTION ECONOMICS
1. Introduction to Productivity and Efficiency Measurement
2. Production Functions
3. Price Information and Cost Minimization and Profit Maximization
4. Econometric Estimation of Production Function

3. ADDITIONAL TOPICS IN PRODUCTION ECONOMICS
1. Introduction
2. Duality in Production
3. Econometric Estimation of Cost and Profit Functions
4. Multi-output Production and Distance Functions

4. INDEX NUMBERS AND PRODUCTIVITY MEASUREMENT
1. Introduction
2. Conceptual Framework and Notation
3. Formulae for Price Index Numbers
4. Quantity Index Numbers
5. Properties of Index Numbers: The Test Approach
6. A Simple Numerical Example
7. Transitivity in Multilateral Comparisons
8. TFP Measurement Using Index Numbers
9. Empirical Application: Australian National Railways

5. ECONOMIC THEORY AND INDEX NUMBERS
1. Introduction
2. Decomposition of A Simple TFP Index
3. The Economic-Theoretic Approach: Some Preliminaries
4. Output Price Indices
5. Input Price Indices
6. Output Quantity Indices
7. Input Quantity Indices
8. Productivity Indices
9. Malmquist Productivity Index: Some Additional Issues

6. EFFICIENCY MEASUREMNT USING DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS (DEA)
1. Introduction
2. Efficiency Measurement Concepts
3. The Constant Returns to Scale (CRS) DEA Model
4. The Variable Returns to Scale (VRS) Model and Scale Efficiencies
5. Input and Output Orientations

7. ADDITIONAL TOPICS ON DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS
1. Introduction
2. Price Information and Allocative Efficiency
3. Adjusting for Environment
4. Non-Discretionary Variables
5. Input Congestion
6. Treatment of Slacks
7. Empirical Application: Australian Universities

8. EFFICIENCY MEASUREMNT USING STOCHASTIC FRONTIERS
1. Introduction
2. The Stochastic Frontier Production Function
3. Maximum-Likelihood Estimation
4. Estimation of Mean Technical Efficiency
5. Prediction of Firm-level Technical Efficiencies
6. Tests of Hypotheses
7. A Simple Numerical Example

9. ADDITIONAL TOPICS ON STOCHASTIC FRONTIERS
1. Introduction
2. Truncated-Normal Distribution
3. Alternative Functional Forms
4. Panel Data Models
5. Time-varying Inefficiency Model
6. Modeling Inefficiency Effects
7. Duality and Modeling of Allocative Efficiencies
8. Empirical Application: Wheat Farming in South Africa

10 PRODUCTIVITY MEASUREMENT USING EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT METHODS
1. Introduction
2. The Malmquist TFP Index
3. Two Estimation Methods
4. Empirical Application: Australian Electricity Generation



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