Multi-output capacity measures and their relevance for productivity

Bulletin of Economic Research

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 101-112

  Färe, Rolf ^a   Grosskopf, Shawna ^a   Kirkley, Jim ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHODOLOGY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PRODUCTIVITY;

EID: 0033997397     PISSN: 03073378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8586.t01-1-00097     Document Type: Article

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