Modeling allocative inefficiency in a translog cost function and cost share equations: An exact relationship

Journal of Econometrics

Volumn 76, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 351-356

  Kumbhakar, Subal C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Technical and allocative inefficiency; Translog cost function

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000462354     PISSN: 03044076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-4076(95)01796-8     Document Type: Article

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