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Gary D. Ferrier's research focuses on the application of quantitative methods to analyze economic and operational efficiency, particularly within the healthcare sector. He has investigated methods for estimating technology characteristics in industries using directional distance functions and explored multi-stage production technologies to measure potential profit gains. His work includes the development and application of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) models to identify operational bottlenecks and assess partial productivity measures in hospitals.
Ferrier has also examined the economic impacts of environmental factors, such as analyzing housing market capitalization of environmental risk following events like the Tianjin explosion. His publications address policy implications, including the use of DEA in the context of US hospital policy. With a career marked by significant scholarly output, he has amassed 86 publications and achieved an h-index of 26, with over 5,000 citations, designating him as a highly cited researcher. Ferrier maintains an active laboratory website to disseminate his work.
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- h-index: 26
- Publications: 85
- Citations: 5,279
Selected Publications
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Data Envelopment Analysis Models for Identifying Bottlenecks in Hospital Operations Through Partial Productivity Measures (2025)
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Measuring potential profit gains using a multi-stage production technology: evidence from the Chinese banking industry (2024)
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Housing market capitalization of environmental risk: evidence from the Tianjin explosion (2022)
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Estimating technology characteristics of the U.S. hospital industry using directional distance functions with optimal directions (2022)
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- Estimating technology characteristics of the U.S. hospital industry using directional distance functions with optimal directions
- Measuring potential profit gains using a multi-stage production technology: evidence from the Chinese banking industry
- Estimating technology characteristics of the U.S. hospital industry using directional distance functions with optimal directions
- Data Envelopment Analysis Applications and US Hospital Policy
- Measuring potential profit gains using a multi-stage production technology: evidence from the Chinese banking industry
- Data Envelopment Analysis Models for Identifying Bottlenecks in Hospital Operations Through Partial Productivity Measures
- Estimating technology characteristics of the U.S. hospital industry using directional distance functions with optimal directions
- Housing market capitalization of environmental risk: evidence from the Tianjin explosion
- Housing market capitalization of environmental risk: evidence from the Tianjin explosion
- Housing market capitalization of environmental risk: evidence from the Tianjin explosion
- Measuring potential profit gains using a multi-stage production technology: evidence from the Chinese banking industry
- Data Envelopment Analysis Applications and US Hospital Policy
- Data Envelopment Analysis Applications and US Hospital Policy
- Data Envelopment Analysis Models for Identifying Bottlenecks in Hospital Operations Through Partial Productivity Measures
- Data Envelopment Analysis Models for Identifying Bottlenecks in Hospital Operations Through Partial Productivity Measures
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