A note on the convergence of nonparametric dea estimators for production efficiency scores

Econometric Theory

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 783-793

  Kneip, Alois ^a   Park, Byeong U ^b   Slmar, Léopold ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

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EID: 0032281954     PISSN: 02664666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0266466698146042     Document Type: Article

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