Has livability of Japan gotten better for 1956-1990?: A dea approach

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 359-373

  Hashimoto, Akihiro ^a   Kodama, Migaku ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Data envelopment analysis; Livability assessment; Time series analysis

Indexed keywords

DATA ENVELOPMENT; LIVABILITY ASSESSMENT; METHODOLOGY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031427785     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006804520184     Document Type: Article

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