Measuring Scale Efficiency from a Translog Production Function

Journal of Productivity Analysis

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 183-194

  Ray, Subhash C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Most productive scale size (MPSS); Ray average productivity; Scale elasticity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033444715     PISSN: 0895562X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007792201696     Document Type: Article

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