Gary D. Ferrier
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Also affiliated: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (2025); United States International Trade Commission (1995); Southern Methodist University (1990–1993); Université de Lille (2025); Fayetteville Public Library (2013); Institut d'Economie Scientifique Et de Gestion (2025); Lille Économie Management (2025); Marymount University (1999)
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Gary D. Ferrier is a University Professor at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. His research focuses on the application of quantitative methods to analyze complex systems, particularly within the healthcare and financial sectors. Ferrier has published on topics such as estimating the technology characteristics of U.S. hospitals using directional distance functions and measuring potential profit gains in the Chinese banking industry.
His work also extends to analyzing the economic impacts of environmental risks, as evidenced by his research on housing market capitalization following an explosion in Tianjin. Ferrier utilizes Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) models to identify operational bottlenecks in hospital settings and to inform U.S. hospital policy. His scholarship is recognized through a high h-index of 26 and over 5,290 citations across 85 publications, designating him as a highly cited researcher. He maintains an active lab website, indicating ongoing research activities.
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- h-index: 26
- Publications: 85
- Citations: 5,292
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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Agricultural productivity evolution in China: A generalized decomposition of the Luenberger-Hicks-Moorsteen productivity indicator (2019)
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Direction selection in stochastic directional distance functions (2019)
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An expanded decomposition of the Luenberger productivity indicator with an application to the Chinese healthcare sector (2018)
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A directional distance function approach for identifying the input/output status of medical residents (2017)
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An Expanded Decomposition of the Luenberger Productivity Indicator with an Application to the Chinese Healthcare Sector (2017)
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Technology Diffusion on the International Trade Network (2016)
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Measuring the performance of hierarchical organizations: an application to bank efficiency at the regional and branch levels (2014)
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Technology Diffusion on the International Trade Network (2014)
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Memoriam to Professor Ralph William “Bill” Pfouts (2014)
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Improving the "usefulness" of stochastic frontier analysis for health care (2014)
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The Effect of Distance on Community Bank Performance Following Acquisitions and Consolidations (2013)2 citations OpenAlex
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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
- 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
- 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 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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