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Subal C. Kumbhakar
Academic career
FieldEconometrics
Applied Microeconometrics
Measurement of Efficiency and Productivity
InstitutionState University of New York at Binghamton
Alma materCalcutta University
University of Southern California

Subal C. Kumbhakar is an Indian born American economist. He is a Distinguished Research Professor of Economics at Binghamton University.[1] He was awarded Doctor Honoris Causa, 1997, Gothenburg University, Sweden.[2] He is a fellow of Journal of Econometrics,[3] distinguished author of Journal of Applied Econometrics,[4] co-editor of the Social Science Citation Index journal Empirical Economics,[5] coauthor of a highly cited book on Stochastic Frontier Analysis.[6] He is associated with the University of Stavanger, Norway[7] and Inland School of Business and Social Sciences, Lillehammer, Norway.[8] He advises Oxera Consulting LLP Oxford, UK[9] on regulatory performance measures.[10] He is internationally known for his research on efficiency and productivity. His models on efficiency and productivity are used by researchers worldwide.

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Subal received his Ph.D. in economics from the University of Southern California in 1986. His main area of research is on econometric estimation of efficiency and productivity using Stochastic Frontier Approach. He has formulated a variety of panel data models to measure efficiency, which are applied by researchers and practitioners all over the world. His recent works include estimating green productivity and environmental efficiency. He also researched on economics. His current research includes productivity measurement.

Subal is currently a co-editor of Empirical Economics.[5] He has also been serving as a Board of Editors and/or associate editors of Journal of Productivity Analysis since 1998,[11] Technological Forecasting and Social Change: An International Journal since 1991,[12] Journal of Regulatory Economics since 2015,[13] Macroeconomics and Finance in Emerging Market Economies since 2007,[14] Applied Econometrics since 2016,[15] Ecos de Economia: A Latin American Journal of Applied Economics since 2016.[16]

Subal is a co-author of the books Stochastic Frontier Analysis[6] (2000) with Knox Lovell, and A Practitioner's Guide to Stochastic Frontier Analysis (2015) with H-J Wang and A Horncastle, both published by the Cambridge University Press.

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Selected published works

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Books

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  • Kumbhakar, Subal; Lovell, C.A. (2000). Stochastic Frontier Analysis. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/CBO9781139174411. ISBN 9781139174411. Paperback version, 2003; Fudan Translation Series (Chinese translation ), 2008.
  • Kumbhakar, Subal; Parmeter, Christopher (2014). Efficiency Analysis: A Primer on Recent Advances. NOW Publishing Company monograph. ISBN 978-1601988966.
  • Kumbhakar, Subal; Wang, Hung-Jen; Horncastle, Alan (2015). A Practitioner's Guide to Stochastic Frontier Analysis Using Stata. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/CBO9781139342070. ISBN 9781139342070.
  • Kumbhakar, Subal (2015). Ray, Subhash (ed.). Benchmarking for Performance Evaluation: A Production Frontier Approach. Springer. ISBN 978-81-322-2253-8.

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References

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  1. ^ "Tenured/Tenure-Track Faculty - Economics, Binghamton University". February 4, 2020. Retrieved February 11, 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Hedersdoktorer vid Göteborgs universitet under 100 år, 1907 - 2007" (PDF). Retrieved 20 February 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Announcement: Fellows of the journal of econometrics". January 1, 1970. Retrieved February 18, 2020.
  4. ^ a b "Journal of Applied Econometrics". 1999–2019. doi:10.1002/(ISSN)1099-1255. Retrieved February 18, 2020.
  5. ^ a b "Empirical Economics". Empirical Economics, Editors. Springer. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
  6. ^ a b Kumbhakar, Subal; Lovell, C.A. (2000). A Practitioner's Guide to Stochastic Frontier Analysis Using Stata. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781139174411. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
  7. ^ "Kumbhakar, Subal Chandra, UiS". universitetet i stavanger. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
  8. ^ "Subal C. Kumbhakar, INN University". Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences Search. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
  9. ^ "Oxera Consulting LLP". Oxera Compelling Economics. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
  10. ^ "Professor Subal C. Kumbhakar, Oxera Consulting LLP". Oxera Compelling Economics. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
  11. ^ "Journal of Productivity Analysis, Editors". 2020. Retrieved February 11, 2020.
  12. ^ "Technological Forecasting and Social Change Editorial Board". 2020. Retrieved February 11, 2020.
  13. ^ "Journal of Regulatory Economics, Editors". 2020. Retrieved February 11, 2020.
  14. ^ "Macroeconomics and Finance in Emerging Market Economies". Macroeconomics and Finance in Emerging Market Economies, Editorial board. Taylor & Francis Group. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
  15. ^ "Journal "Applied Econometrics"". APPLIED ECONOMETRICS. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
  16. ^ "Editorial Team, Ecos de Economía: A Latin American Journal of Applied Economics". 2018. Retrieved February 11, 2020.
  17. ^ "Distinguished Faculty - Office of the Provost, Binghamton University". January 21, 2020. Retrieved February 15, 2020.
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