Measuring efficiency in the National Basketball Association

Economics Letters

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 293-299

  Hofler, Richard A ^a   Payne, James E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Efficiency; National Basketball Association; Stochastic production frontier; Z00

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031285284     PISSN: 01651765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0165-1765(97)00083-9     Document Type: Article

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