Estimation of cost efficiency without cost data

Authors

Levent Kutlu, The University of Texas Rio Grande ValleyFollow
Ran Wang, SunTrust Banks

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

3-30-2018

Abstract

One of the advantages of conduct parameter games is that they enable estimation of market power without total cost data. In line with this, we develop a conduct parameter based model to estimate the firm specific “marginal cost efficiency” and conduct without using total cost data. The marginal cost efficiency is an alternative measure of efficiency that is based on deadweight loss. We illustrate our methodology by estimating firm-route-quarter specific conducts and marginal cost efficiencies of U.S. airlines for Chicago based routes without using route-level total cost data.

Comments

Original published version available at https://doi.org/10.1007/s11123-018-0527-9

Recommended Citation

Kutlu, Levent, and Ran Wang. “Estimation of Cost Efficiency without Cost Data.” Journal of Productivity Analysis 49, no. 2 (June 1, 2018): 137–51. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11123-018-0527-9.

First Page

137

Last Page

151

Publication Title

Journal of Productivity Analysis

DOI

10.1007/s11123-018-0527-9