- Harvey Leibenstein
Harvey Leibenstein (1922 – 1994) was a Ukrainian born American economist. Among his important contributions we may single out the introduction of the concept of
X-efficiency .In economics, x-efficiency is the effectiveness with which a given set of inputs are used to produce outputs. If a firm is producing the maximum output it can, given the resources it employs, such as men and machinery, and the best technology available, it is said to be x-efficient. x-inefficiency occurs when x-efficiency is not achieved. The concept of x-efficiency was introduced by Harvey Leibenstein in his paper Allocative efficiency v. "x-efficiency" in American Economic Review 1966.
The concept of x-efficiency is also used in the theory of
bureaucracy .Important works
* 1950, "Bandwagon, Snob and Veblen Effects in the Theory of Consumer Demand." Quarterly Journal of Economics Vol.64 No.2 : Page 183-207
* 1966, "Allocative efficiency v. "x-efficiency" in "American Economic Review"
* 1968, Entrepreneurship and Development. American Economic Review 58(2):72–83
* 1976, Beyond Economic Man, Cambridge: Harvard: University Press
* 1978, General X-Efficiency Theory and Economic Development, New York: Oxford University Press
* 1978, "X-Inefficiency Xists-Reply to an Xorcist," American Econ. Review, 68 (1978): 208
* 1979, "A Branch of Economics Is Missing: Micro-Micro Theory," Journal of Economic Literature, 17: 477-502
* 1979, “The General X-Efficiency Paradigm and the Role of the Entrepreneur”. in:Mario Rizzo (ed.), Time, Uncertainty, and Disequilibrium. Lexington: Heath 1979, 127-139
* 1982, “The Prisoners’s Dilemma in the Invisible Hand: An Analysis of Intrafirm Productivity.” American Economic Review (Papers and Proceedings) 72, no. 2 (May): 92–7
* 1983, "Property Rights and X-Efficiency: Comment." American Economic Review 83: 831-42.All Papers available on http://www.jstor.com
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