Evaluating water supply services in Japan with RAM: A range-adjusted measure of inefficiency

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Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 207-232

  Aida, Kazuo ^a   Cooper, William W ^b   Pastor, Jésus T ^c   Sueyoshi, Toshiyuki ^d  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^d TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Data envelopment analysis; Efficiency and performance audits; Efficiency measurement

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; WATER SUPPLY;

CONDUCTING PERFORMANCE; EFFICIENCY AND PERFORMANCE; EFFICIENCY AND PERFORMANCE AUDIT; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; PERFORMANCE AUDITS; ROBUSTNESS PROPERTIES; SUPPLY WATERS; WATER SERVICE; WATER SUPPLY SERVICES;

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS;

EID: 0004799301     PISSN: 03050483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-0483(97)00072-8     Document Type: Article

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