prof.dr. B.M. (Bert) Balk

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• Balk, B., De Koster, R., Kaps, C., & Zofío, J. L. (2021). An Evaluation of Cross-Efficiency Methods: With an Application to Warehouse Performance. Applied Mathematics and Computation, 406, 126261. [126261]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amc.2021.126261

• Balk, B., Rambaldi, A. N., & Rao, D. S. P. (2020). ’Macro-economic Measures for a Globalised World: Global Growth and Inflation. Macroeconomic Dynamics. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1365100520000152

• Balk, B., Barbero, J., & Zofío, J. L. (2020). A Toolbox for Calculating and Decomposing Total Factor Productivity Indices. Computers and Operations Research, 115, [104853]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2019.104853

• Balk, B. (2019). A novel decomposition of aggregate total factor productivity change. Journal of Productivity Analysis, 53, 95-105. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11123-019-00548-7

• Balk, B. (2018). Profit-oriented productivity change: A comment. Omega, 78, 176-178. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.omega.2017.06.011

• Balk, B. (2016). Various approaches to the aggregation of economic productivity indices. Pacific Economic Review, 21(4), 445-463. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-0106.12192

• Balk, B., & Dumagan, J. C. (2016). Dissecting aggregate output and labour productivity change: a postscript on the role of relative prices. Journal of Productivity Analysis, 45(1), 117-119. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11123-015-0433-3

• Balk, B., Fare, R., & Karagiannis, G. (2015). On directional scale elasticities. Journal of Productivity Analysis, 43(1), 99-104. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11123-014-0399-6

• Balk, B. (2014). Measuring and relating aggregate and subaggregate total factor productivity change without neoclassical assumptions. Statistica Neerlandica, 69(1), 21-48. https://doi.org/10.1111/stan.12045

• Balk, B. (2013). Dissecting aggregate output and labour productivity change. Journal of Productivity Analysis, 42(1), 35-42. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11123-013-0359-6

• Balk, B. (2011). Imputing output prices for non-market production units: a comment. Journal of Productivity Analysis, 37(3), 231-232. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11123-011-0258-7

• Balk, B. (2011). Measuring and decomposing capital input cost. Review of income and wealth, 57(3), 490-512. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-4991.2010.00435.x

• de Koster, R., Stam, D., & Balk, B. (2011). Accidents happen: The influence of safety-specific transformational leadership, safety consciousness, and hazard recucing systems on warehouse accidents. Journal of Operations Management, 29(7-8), 753-765. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jom.2011.06.005

• Balk, B. (2010). Lowe and Cobb-Douglas Consumer Price Indices and their Substitution Bias. Jahrbucher fur Nationalokonomie und Statistik, 230(6), 726-740.

• Balk, B. (2010). An assumption-free framework for measuring productivity change. The Review of Income and Wealth, 52(Special issue 1), S224-S256.

• Balk, B. (2009). On the relation between gross-output and value-added based productivity measures: The importance of the Domar factor. Macroeconomic Dynamics, 13(S2), 241-267. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1365100509090130

• de Koster, R., Balk, B., & van Nus, WTI. (2009). On using DEA for benchmarking container terminals. International Journal of Operations and Production Management, 29(11), 1140-1155. https://doi.org/10.1108/01443570911000168

• Balk, B. (2008). Commentary. Journal of Productivity Analysis, 30(1), 61-61.

• de Koster, R., & Balk, B. (2008). Benchmarking and monitoring international warehouse operations in Europe. Production and Operations Management, 17(2), 175-183. https://doi.org/10.3401/poms.1080.0013

• Balk, B., Fare, R., Grosskopf, S., & Margaritis, D. (2008). Exact relations between Luenberger productivity indicators and Malmquist productivity indexes. Economic Theory, 35(1), 187-190. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00199-007-0228-5

• Balk, B., & Reich, UP. (2008). Additivity of National Accounts reconsidered. Journal of Economic and Social Measurement, 33(2/3), 165-178.

• Balk, B. (2008). Searching for the Holy Grail of Index Number Theory. Journal of Economic and Social Measurement, 33(1), 19-25.

• Balk, B. (2005). Price Indexes for Elementary Aggregates: The Sampling Approach. Journal of Official Statistics, 21(4), 675-699.

• Balk, B. (2005). Divisia Price and Quantity Indices: 80 Years After. Statistica Neerlandica, 59(2), 119-158. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9574.2005.00284.x

• Balk, B. (2004). Decompositions of Fisher Indexes. Economics Letters, 82(1), 107-113. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2003.09.006

• Balk, B., Fare, R., & Grosskopf, S. (2004). The theory of economic price and quantity indicators. Economic Theory, 23(1), 149-164. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00199-003-0364-5

• Balk, B. (2003). Ideal Indices and Indicators for Two or More Factors. Journal of Economic and Social Measurement, 28(4), 203-217.

• Balk, B. (2003). The Residual: On Monitoring and Benchmarking Firms, Industries, and Economies with Respect to Productivity. Journal of Productivity Analysis, 20(1), 5-47. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1024817024364

• Balk, B., & Diewert, WE. (2001). A characterization of the Tornqvist price index. Economics Letters, 72(3), 279-281.

• Balk, B. (2001). Scale efficiency and productivity change. Journal of Productivity Analysis, 15(3), 159-183.

Professional (2)

• de Koster, R., Stam, D., & Balk, B. (2011). Accidents will happen: do hazard-reducing systems help? RSM Insight, 5(1), 8-11. http://hdl.handle.net/1765/39944

• de Koster, R., Stam, D., & Balk, B. (2011). Accidents will happen: Do hazard-reducing systems help? Logistics and Transport, 1(12), 63-66.

Academic (1)

• Balk, B. (2008). Price and Quantity Index Numbers: Models for Measuring Aggregate Change and Difference. Cambridge University Press.

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• Balk, B. M. (2021). Dynamics: The Bottom-Up Approach. In Contributions to Economics (pp. 109-164). Springer Science+Business Media. Contributions to Economics https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-75448-8_5

• Balk, B. M. (2021). The Top-Down Approach 2: Aggregate Total Factor Productivity Index. In Contributions to Economics (pp. 187-213). Springer Science+Business Media. Contributions to Economics https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-75448-8_7

• Balk, B. M. (2021). A Framework Without Assumptions. In Contributions to Economics (pp. 9-64). Springer Science+Business Media. Contributions to Economics https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-75448-8_2

• Balk, B. M. (2021). The Top-Down Approach 1: Aggregate Output and Simple Labour Productivity Indices. In Contributions to Economics (pp. 165-185). Springer Science+Business Media. Contributions to Economics https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-75448-8_6

• Balk, B. M. (2021). The Top-Down Approach 3: Aggregate Total Factor Productivity Level. In Contributions to Economics (pp. 215-234). Springer Science+Business Media. Contributions to Economics https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-75448-8_8

• Balk, B. M. (2021). The Components of Total Factor Productivity Change. In Contributions to Economics (pp. 255-312). Springer Science+Business Media. Contributions to Economics https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-75448-8_10

• Balk, B. M. (2021). Annual and Quarterly Measures. In Contributions to Economics (pp. 93-107). Springer Science+Business Media. Contributions to Economics https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-75448-8_4

• Balk, B. M. (2021). Capital Input Cost. In Contributions to Economics (pp. 65-92). Springer Science+Business Media. Contributions to Economics https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-75448-8_3

• Balk, B. M. (2021). Connecting the Two Approaches. In Contributions to Economics (pp. 235-254). Springer Science+Business Media. Contributions to Economics https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-75448-8_9

• Balk, B. M. (2021). Productivity concepts, measurement, aggregation, and decomposition. In Contributions to Economics (pp. 1-16). Springer Science+Business Media. Contributions to Economics https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-75448-8

• Balk, B. M. (2021). Introduction. In Contributions to Economics (pp. 1-7). Springer Science+Business Media. Contributions to Economics https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-75448-8_1

• Balk, B. (2018). Empirical productivity indices and indicators. In E. Grifell-Tatjé, C. A. K. Lovell, & R. C. Sickles (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Productivity Analysis (pp. 77-119). Oxford University Press. http://hdl.handle.net/1765/116399

• Balk, B. (2016). The dynamics of productivity change: a review of the bottom-up approach. In W. H. Greene et al. (Ed.), Productivity and Efficiency Analysis (pp. 15-49). Springer-Verlag. Proceedings in Business and Economics

• Balk, B. (2016). A Review of Index Number Theory. In Wiley StatsRef: Statistics Reference Online John Wiley & Sons Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118445112.stat07880/full

• Balk, B., Haan, J., & Boldsen Hansen, C. (2010). Retrospective approximations of superlative price indexes for years where expenditure data is unavailable. In L. Biggeri, & G. Ferrari (Eds.), Price Indexes in Time and Space - Methods and Practice Physica-Verlag/Springer.

• Balk, B. (2009). Aggregation methods in international comparisons: An evaluation. In D. S. P. Rao (Ed.), Purchasing Power Parities of Currencies: Recent Advances in Methods and Applications Edward Elgar Publishing.

• Balk, B. (2008). Measuring and Decomposing Productivity Change: The Basics. In J. L. T. Blank, & V. G. Valdmanis (Eds.), Evaluating Hospital Policy and Performance: Contributions from Hospital Policy and Productivity Research (Vol. 18, pp. 13-32). JAI Press/Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0731-2199(07)00002-7

• Balk, B., Brannlund, R., Fare, R., Grosskopf, S., & Lindmark, M. (2006). Environmental Performance in Swedish Manuafacturing. In T. Aronsson e.a. (Ed.), The Theory and Practice of Environmental and Resource Economics (pp. 287-306). Edward Elgar Publishing.

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• Balk, B. (2018). Aggregate productivity and productivity of the aggregate. In W. H. Greene, L. Khalaf, P. Makdissi, R. C. Sickles, M. Veall, & M-C. Voia (Eds.), Productivity and Inequality (pp. 119-141). Springer Nature.

• de Koster, R., Balk, B., Davelaar, I., & Martens, M. (2010). Accidents will happen. Do safety systems improve warehouse safety performance? In K. Ellis, K. Gue, R. De Koster, R. Meller, B. Montreuil, & M. Ogle (Eds.), Progress in Material Handling Research: 2010 (pp. 49-60). Material Handling Institute.

• de Koster, R., Balk, B., & van Nus, WTI. (2008). The applicability of data envelopment analysis to the benchmarking of container terminals. In K. Ellis, R. Meller, M. K. Ogle, B. A. Peters, G. D. Taylor, & J. Usher (Eds.), Progress in Material Handling Research: 2008 (pp. 81-94). The Material Handling Institute.

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• Balk, B. M. (2021). Preface. Contributions to Economics, v-vii. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-75448-8

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• Balk, B. (2001). The Residual: On Monitoring and Benchmarking Firms, Industries, and Economics with respect to Productivity. Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM). http://hdl.handle.net/1765/300

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• Balk, B. (2001). Aggegration Methods in International Comparisons: What Have We Learned? Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM). ERIM Report Series Research in Management (issn 1566-5283)

Professional (1)

• Balk, B., & Hoogenboom-Spijker, E. (2003). The Measurement and Decomposition of Productivity Change: Exercises on The Netherlands' Manuafacturing Sector. (Discussion paper 03001 ed.) Statistics Netherlands. Discussion paper Vol. 03001