Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/90755 
Year of Publication: 
2013
Series/Report no.: 
Memorandum No. 16/2013
Publisher: 
University of Oslo, Department of Economics, Oslo
Abstract: 
The distinction between the concepts outputs and outcomes can be made operational based on the consideration of the degree of control a public service producer has over its production activity. Resources are transformed into service outputs under the control of the organisation in question, while outcomes represent some higher social goals than outputs and are determined by the outputs and other exogenous variables, but the production of outcomes is outside the control of the organisation. The link to the calculation of savings potentials and efficiency measurement is provided based on introducing the concept of a benchmark frontier technology for the type of production in question. A new measure of overall preference efficiency is introduced and its decomposition into output-oriented technical efficiency and output mix efficiency is shown. The rather monumental task of providing the necessary information for calculating mix efficiency is highlighted.
Subjects: 
Outputs
outcomes
Farrell efficiency measures
savings potentials
output mix efficiency
JEL: 
D24
H40
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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