Productivity and efficiency in the UK: A time series application of DEA

Economic Modelling

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 105-122

  Lynde, Catherine ^a   Richmond, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

D24; Data envelope analysis; Efficiency; H54; O47; Productivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0013093628     PISSN: 02649993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0264-9993(98)00034-0     Document Type: Article

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