Gary D. Ferrier

5.3k total citations · 3 hit papers
52 papers, 3.8k citations indexed

About

Gary D. Ferrier is a scholar working on Management Science and Operations Research, Economics and Econometrics and Finance. According to data from OpenAlex, Gary D. Ferrier has authored 52 papers receiving a total of 3.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Management Science and Operations Research, 30 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 12 papers in Finance. Recurrent topics in Gary D. Ferrier's work include Efficiency Analysis Using DEA (33 papers), Healthcare Policy and Management (16 papers) and Monetary Policy and Economic Impact (7 papers). Gary D. Ferrier is often cited by papers focused on Efficiency Analysis Using DEA (33 papers), Healthcare Policy and Management (16 papers) and Monetary Policy and Economic Impact (7 papers). Gary D. Ferrier collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and China. Gary D. Ferrier's co-authors include William L. Goffe, J.D. Rogers, C. A. Knox Lovell, Paul W. Bauer, David B. Humphrey, Allen N. Berger, Vivian Valdmanis, Joseph G. Hirschberg, Hervé Leleu and Shawna Grosskopf and has published in prestigious journals such as European Journal of Operational Research, Journal of Econometrics and Journal of Banking & Finance.

In The Last Decade

Gary D. Ferrier

49 papers receiving 3.3k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Global optimization of statistical functions with simulated annealing

1994 1.2k citations Gary D. Ferrier et al. profile →
Measuring cost efficiency in banking

1990 780 citations Gary D. Ferrier et al. profile →
Consistency Conditions for Regulatory Analysis of Financial Institutions: A Comparison of Frontier Efficiency Methods

1998 612 citations Paul W. Bauer, Allen N. Berger et al. Journal of Economics and Business profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Gary D. Ferrier United States	22	1.9k	1.6k	1.1k	677	377	52	3.8k
Han Hong Canada	42	802 0.4×	1.6k 1.0×	701 0.6×	567 0.8×	527 1.4×	297	7.9k
Patrick L. Brockett United States	31	1.3k 0.7×	1.7k 1.0×	727 0.6×	460 0.7×	170 0.5×	159	4.1k
Peter Forsyth Canada	48	667 0.4×	1.2k 0.7×	2.8k 2.5×	251 0.4×	501 1.3×	275	7.2k
J. D. Jobson Canada	20	571 0.3×	912 0.6×	1.4k 1.2×	329 0.5×	472 1.3×	31	4.1k
Zhongfei Li China	34	1.1k 0.6×	1.2k 0.8×	1.3k 1.2×	352 0.5×	60 0.2×	138	3.2k
Joseph P. Romano United States	43	1.2k 0.6×	2.3k 1.5×	2.3k 2.1×	296 0.4×	1.3k 3.5×	125	8.4k
Carlos M. Jarque Australia	10	517 0.3×	3.4k 2.1×	1.7k 1.5×	325 0.5×	1.5k 4.0×	23	6.0k
Robert Thrall United States	29	4.4k 2.4×	2.5k 1.6×	591 0.5×	225 0.3×	485 1.3×	64	6.0k
Jeffrey S. Racine United States	30	852 0.5×	1.9k 1.2×	605 0.5×	132 0.2×	597 1.6×	90	4.9k
Anil K. Bera United States	16	519 0.3×	2.6k 1.7×	1.4k 1.3×	262 0.4×	1.2k 3.2×	45	4.5k

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Ferrier, Gary D., et al.. (2025). Data Envelopment Analysis Models for Identifying Bottlenecks in Hospital Operations Through Partial Productivity Measures. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management. 72. 558–572.

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Chen, Kaiyang, Gary D. Ferrier, Ruochen Jiang, & Zhiyang Shen. (2022). Housing market capitalization of environmental risk: evidence from the Tianjin explosion. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 30(13). 36588–36606. 2 indexed citations

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Shen, Zhiyang, Tomas Baležentis, & Gary D. Ferrier. (2019). Agricultural productivity evolution in China: A generalized decomposition of the Luenberger-Hicks-Moorsteen productivity indicator. China Economic Review. 57. 101315–101315. 56 indexed citations

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Ferrier, Gary D., Javier A. Reyes, & Zhen Zhu. (2016). Technology Diffusion on the International Trade Network. Journal of Public Economic Theory. 18(2). 291–312. 43 indexed citations

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Ferrier, Gary D., Michael D. Rosko, & Vivian Valdmanis. (2011). Response to modeling and notation of DEA with strong and weak disposable outputs. Health Care Management Science. 14(4). 389–390. 4 indexed citations

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Ferrier, Gary D., Hervé Leleu, & Vivian Valdmanis. (2009). The impact of CON regulation on hospital efficiency. Health Care Management Science. 13(1). 84–100. 27 indexed citations

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Ferrier, Gary D. & Vivian Valdmanis. (2007). Chapter 9 Efficiency and Productivity Changes in Large Urban Hospitals 1994–2002: Ownership, Markets, and the Uninsured. PubMed. 18. 157–176. 7 indexed citations

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Ferrier, Gary D., Michael D. Rosko, & Vivian Valdmanis. (2006). Analysis of uncompensated hospital care using a DEA model of output congestion. Health Care Management Science. 9(2). 181–188. 66 indexed citations

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Dervaux, B., Gary D. Ferrier, Hervé Leleu, & Vivian Valdmanis. (2004). Comparing French and US hospital technologies: a directional input distance function approach. Applied Economics. 36(10). 1065–1081. 34 indexed citations

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Eisenbeis, Robert, Gary D. Ferrier, & Simon H. Kwan. (1999). The Informativeness of Stochastic Frontier and Programming Frontier Efficiency Scores: Cost Efficiency and Other Measures of Bank Holding Company Performance. SSRN Electronic Journal. 74 indexed citations

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James, Estelle, et al.. (1999). Mutual Funds and Institutional Investments: What is the Most Efficient Way to Set Up Individual Accounts in a Social Security System?. SSRN Electronic Journal. 3 indexed citations

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James, Estelle, et al.. (1999). Mutual Funds and Institutional Investments: What Is the Most Efficient Way to Set Up Individual Accounts in a Social Security System?. World Bank policy research working paper. 16 indexed citations

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Ferrantino, Michael J., et al.. (1998). Organizational Form and Efficiency: Evidence from Indian Sugar Manufacturing. SSRN Electronic Journal.

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Bauer, Paul W., Allen N. Berger, Gary D. Ferrier, & David B. Humphrey. (1998). Consistency Conditions for Regulatory Analysis of Financial Institutions: A Comparison of Frontier Efficiency Methods. Journal of Economics and Business. 50(2). 85–114. 612 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ferrier, Gary D., et al.. (1998). The efficiency of TVA power distributors. Managerial and Decision Economics. 19(6). 365–376. 6 indexed citations

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Bauer, Paul W., Allen N. Berger, Gary D. Ferrier, & David B. Humphrey. (1998). Consistency Conditions for Regulatory Analysis of Financial Institutions: A Comparison of Frontier Efficiency Methods. SSRN Electronic Journal. 15 indexed citations

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Ferrier, Gary D. & Joseph G. Hirschberg. (1997). Bootstrapping Confidence Intervals for Linear Programming Efficiency Scores: With an Illustration Using Italian Banking Data. Journal of Productivity Analysis. 8(1). 19–33. 68 indexed citations

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Bauer, Paul W. & Gary D. Ferrier. (1996). Scale Economies, Cost Efficiencies, and Technological Change in Federal Reserve Payments Processing. Journal of money credit and banking. 28(4). 1004–1004. 40 indexed citations

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Ferrantino, Michael J., et al.. (1995). Organizational Form and Efficiency: Evidence from Indian Sugar Manufacturing. Journal of Comparative Economics. 21(1). 29–53. 21 indexed citations

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Ferrier, Gary D., Shawna Grosskopf, Kathy Hayes, & Suthathip Yaisawarng. (1993). Economies of diversification in the banking industry. Journal of Monetary Economics. 31(2). 229–249. 114 indexed citations

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