A DEA model to evaluate car efficiency

Applied Economics

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1493-1508

  Papahristodoulou, Christos ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 0010529617     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/000368497326327     Document Type: Article

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