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Finn R. Førsund

Finn R. Førsund

D-Index & Metrics

Economics and Finance

D-Index
36
Citations
8819
World Ranking
2745
National Ranking
20

Finn R. Førsund publication distribution in Economics and Finance in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Economics and Finance in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Finn R. Førsund sits on this spectrum.

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42 publications 521+

This scientist: 168 publications — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 521 publications or more.

Finn R. Førsund D-index placement in Economics and Finance in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Economics and Finance scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Finn R. Førsund sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 101+

This scientist: 36 D-Index — 28th percentile

28% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 101 D-Index or more.

Overview

Finn R. Førsund is affiliated with the University of Oslo in Norway and specializes in Decision Sciences, with a focus on Management Science and Operations Research, Environmental Engineering, Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty, Control and Systems Engineering, and Economics and Econometrics.

Their research encompasses a range of topics including:

  • Efficiency Analysis Using DEA
  • Environmental Impact and Sustainability
  • Scientific Measurement and Uncertainty Evaluation
  • Optimization and Mathematical Programming
  • Economic Growth and Productivity

Among their recent publications are:

  • Performance measurement and joint production of intended and unintended outputs, 2021, Journal of Productivity Analysis
  • Rejoinders to the comments on my paper "Performance measurement and joint production of intended and unintended outputs", 2021, Journal of Productivity Analysis
  • Comparison of Different Methods for Estimation of Returns to Scale in Nonradial Data Envelopment Analysis Models, 2022, Automation and Remote Control
  • Multidimensional Visualization of Data Envelopment Analysis Models, 2021, Data Envelopment Analysis Journal

This publication record includes work in key venues such as:

  • Journal of Productivity Analysis
  • Automation and Remote Control
  • Data Envelopment Analysis Journal

Frequent collaboration partners include:

  • V. E. Krivonozhko
  • Alexander Afanasiev
  • Andrey V. Lychev

Best Publications

  • A survey of frontier production functions and of their relationship to efficiency measurement

    Finn R. Førsund;C.A.Knox Lovell;Peter Schmidt

  • Malmquist Indices of Productivity Growth during the Deregulation of Norwegian Banking, 1980-89

    Finn R. Forsund;Eilev S. Jansen

  • Banking efficiency in the Nordic countries

    Sigbjørn Atle Berg;Finn R. Førsund;Lennart Hjalmarsson;Matti Suominen

  • Slack-adjusted efficiency measures and ranking of efficient units

    Arne Martin Torgersen;Finn R. Førsund;Sverre A. C. Kittelsen

  • On the Origins of Data Envelopment Analysis

    Finn R. Førsund;Nikias Sarafoglou

  • Generalised Farrell Measures of Efficiency: An Application to Milk Processing in Swedish Dairy Plants

    Finn R. Førsund;Lennart Hjalmarsson

  • Good modelling of bad outputs: Pollution and multiple-output production

    Finn R. Førsund

  • Productivity development of Norwegian electricity distribution utilities

    Finn R Førsund;Sverre A.C Kittelsen

  • Technical efficiency of Norwegian banks: The non-parametric approach to efficiency measurement

    Sigbjørn Atle Berg;Finn R. Førsund;Eilev S. Jansen

  • Deterministic parametric and nonparametric estimation of efficiency in service production: A comparison

    Hans Bjurek;Lennart Hjalmarsson;Finn R. Forsund

  • On the Measurement of Productive Efficiency

    Finn R. Førsund;Lennart Hjalmarsson

  • Efficiency analysis of Norwegian district courts

    Sverre A. C. Kittelsen;Finn R. Førsund

  • On the calculation of the scale elasticity in DEA models

    Finn R. Førsund

  • Generalized Farrell Measures of Efficiency: An Application to Milk Processing in Swedish Dairy Plants

    Finn R. Førsund;Lennart Hjalmarsson

  • International benchmarking of electricity distribution utilities

    Dag Fjeld Edvardsen;Finn R. Førsund

  • Calculating scale elasticity in DEA models

    Finn R. Førsund;Lennart Hjalmarsson

  • Frontier Production Functions and Technical Progress: A Study of General Milk Processing in Swedish Dairy Plants

    Finn R. Forsund;Lennart Hjalmarsson

  • On Estimating Average and Best Practice Homothetic Production Functions via Cost Functions

    Finn R. Forsund;Eilev S. Jansen

  • Calculation of scale elasticities in DEA models: direct and indirect approaches

    Finn R. Førsund;Lennart Hjalmarsson;Vladimir E. Krivonozhko;Oleg B. Utkin

  • Analyses of industrial structure : a putty-clay approach

    Finn R. Førsund;Lennart Hjalmarsson

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael Hoel
Michael Hoel University of Oslo
Almas Heshmati
Almas Heshmati Jönköping University
Rolf Färe
Rolf Färe Oregon State University
Shawna Grosskopf
Shawna Grosskopf Oregon State University
Markus Amann
Markus Amann International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Rajiv D. Banker
Rajiv D. Banker Temple University
C. A. Knox Lovell
C. A. Knox Lovell University of Queensland
Subal C. Kumbhakar
Subal C. Kumbhakar Binghamton University

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