Table 4.

Malmquist Index for Geographic Groups

		North			Center			South			Total
		G.M.*	Lower¶	Upper¶	G.M.	Lower	Upper	G.M.	Lower	Upper	G.M.	Lower	Upper
Malmquist Index under CRS
	MI†	0.998	0.954	1.035	0.985	0.971	1.000	0.981	0.960	1.000	0.986	0.975	0.998
06/07	CMI‡	1.028	0.985	1.069	0.994	0.975	1.014	0.982	0.946	1.014	0.997	0.982	1.013
	FMI§	0.976	0.953	1.000	0.999	0.983	1.018	1.008	0.980	1.038	0.997	0.985	1.010
	MI	0.958	0.935	0.977	1.021	1.005	1.037	0.983	0.964	1.001	1.000	0.988	1.012
07/08	CMI	1.017	0.990	1.044	1.081	1.059	1.101	1.058	1.029	1.086	1.064	1.049	1.079
	FMI	0.944	0.927	0.962	0.951	0.935	0.965	0.933	0.916	0.950	0.945	0.935	0.956
	MI	0.998	0.967	1.032	1.013	0.999	1.027	1.011	0.992	1.033	1.010	0.999	1.020
08/09	CMI	1.023	0.988	1.062	1.038	1.015	1.060	1.043	1.014	1.073	1.036	1.019	1.053
	CFM	0.979	0.960	1.001	0.984	0.970	0.999	0.974	0.955	0.993	0.981	0.971	0.991
	MI	0.993	0.971	1.015	1.015	1.002	1.027	0.993	0.965	1.016	1.006	0.995	1.015
09/10	CMI	0.999	0.975	1.022	1.017	1.000	1.034	1.003	0.974	1.029	1.010	0.997	1.023
	FMI	0.997	0.977	1.014	1.003	0.991	1.014	0.992	0.978	1.005	0.999	0.991	1.007
	MI	1.017	0.982	1.050	0.991	0.981	1.002	1.000	0.978	1.022	0.998	0.988	1.008
10/11	CMI	0.976	0.940	1.013	0.944	0.929	0.958	0.951	0.920	0.983	0.952	0.938	0.966
	FMI	1.045	1.026	1.067	1.055	1.042	1.069	1.058	1.033	1.085	1.054	1.044	1.064
	MI	0.941	0.901	0.976	0.991	0.970	1.013	0.978	0.939	1.021	0.979	0.961	0.997
06/11	CMI	1.026	0.974	1.075	1.051	1.023	1.079	1.019	0.975	1.067	1.039	1.016	1.060
	FMI	0.923	0.898	0.949	0.951	0.934	0.966	0.967	0.939	0.993	0.950	0.937	0.962
Malmquist Index under VRS
	MI	0.985	0.954	1.013	0.975	0.962	0.988	0.995	0.972	1.019	0.982	0.971	0.992
06/07	CMI	1.008	0.973	1.043	0.992	0.974	1.011	1.010	0.986	1.035	1.000	0.985	1.013
	FMI	0.980	0.964	1.000	0.988	0.975	1.003	0.990	0.968	1.014	0.987	0.977	0.998
	MI	0.969	0.943	0.996	1.015	0.998	1.035	0.985	0.965	1.007	1.000	0.987	1.013
07/08	CMI	0.988	0.960	1.016	1.051	1.031	1.073	1.041	1.009	1.075	1.037	1.021	1.053
	FMI	0.982	0.965	1.000	0.972	0.956	0.987	0.954	0.933	0.974	0.969	0.959	0.980
	MI	1.008	0.983	1.039	1.010	0.994	1.026	1.003	0.985	1.022	1.008	0.997	1.019
08/09	CMI	1.040	1.017	1.066	1.032	1.011	1.053	1.012	0.985	1.038	1.028	1.014	1.043
	CFM	0.970	0.955	0.985	0.985	0.972	0.997	0.996	0.977	1.013	0.985	0.976	0.993
	MI	1.004	0.983	1.023	1.010	1.000	1.020	0.997	0.972	1.019	1.006	0.997	1.015
09/10	CMI	1.006	0.980	1.031	1.021	1.007	1.036	1.007	0.977	1.034	1.015	1.002	1.027
	FMI	1.000	0.988	1.013	0.995	0.982	1.007	0.993	0.980	1.008	0.995	0.986	1.004
	MI	1.010	0.974	1.045	0.992	0.983	1.001	1.010	0.991	1.030	1.000	0.989	1.009
10/11	CMI	1.001	0.959	1.040	0.962	0.948	0.974	0.991	0.967	1.012	0.976	0.962	0.987
	FMI	1.014	0.996	1.033	1.037	1.024	1.051	1.023	1.005	1.040	1.029	1.020	1.039
	MI	0.967	0.927	1.007	0.994	0.972	1.016	0.982	0.943	1.022	0.986	0.968	1.004
06/11	CMI	1.029	0.982	1.077	1.039	1.011	1.065	1.046	0.999	1.088	1.039	1.017	1.060
	FMI	0.946	0.910	0.979	0.963	0.948	0.976	0.943	0.921	0.963	0.955	0.944	0.966

*Geometric mean.

†Malmquist Index.

‡Catch‐up component.

§Frontier‐shift component.

¶Lower and upper indicate boundary of 95% confidence interval.