Alternative functional forms for production, cost and returns to scale functions

Journal of Applied Econometrics

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 101-127

  Zellner, Arnold ^a   Ryu, Hang ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Economic Research Institute   (South Korea)

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EID: 0032380480     PISSN: 08837252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1255(199803/04)13:2<101::AID-JAE465>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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