Paul W. Bauer
State University of New York at Oneonta
57 Papers
416 Citations
Paul W. Bauer is an academic researcher from State University of New York at Oneonta. The author has contributed to research in topics: Payment & Economies of scale. The author has an hindex of 15, co-authored 57 publications. Previous affiliations of Paul W. Bauer include Federal Reserve System.
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Papers
Recent developments in the econometric estimation of frontiers
TL;DR: The authors discusses recent developments in the econometric approach to the estimation of stochastic frontiers such as production, costs, and profit functions, and areas requiring further work are also noted.
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Consistency Conditions for Regulatory Analysis of Financial Institutions: A Comparison of Frontier Efficiency Methods
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors propose a set of consistency conditions which frontier efficiency measures should meet to be most useful for regulatory analysis or other purposes, and provide evidence on these conditions by evaluating and comparing estimates of U.S. bank efficiency from variants of all four of the major approaches.
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Decomposing TFP growth in the presence of cost inefficiency, nonconstant returns to scale, and technological progress
TL;DR: This paper explored the relationship between changes in total factor productivity (TFP) growth, defined using an index number approach, and changes in returns to scale, cost efficiency, and technology.
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U.S. Air Passenger Service: a Taxonomy of Route Networks, Hub Locations, and Competition
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors analyzed the service provided by the 13 largest U.S. passenger airlines to the 100 most populous cities in 1989 and classified the route systems by their nature and geographic scope.
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Scale Economies, Cost Efficiencies, and Technological Change in Federal Reserve Payments
Paul W. Bauer,Gary D. Ferrier +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the scale economies, cost efficiencies, and technological change of three payment instruments (check, automated clearinghouse (ACH) transfers, and Fedwire processing) provided by the Federal Reserve over the period 1990-94.
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