Productivity and undesirable outputs: A directional distance function approach

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 229-240

  Chung, Y H ^a   Fare R ^a   Grosskopf, S ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Directional distance function; Malmquist Luenberger productivity index; Productivity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; MANAGEMENT; MODEL; PAPER INDUSTRY; POLLUTION; PRODUCTIVITY; PULP MILL; SWEDEN; TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 0031281457     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jema.1997.0146     Document Type: Article

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