Theory and Application of Directional Distance Functions

Journal of Productivity Analysis

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 93-103

  Färe, Rolf ^a   Grosskopf, Shawna ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Directional distance function; Farrell efficiency; Profit efficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034409461     PISSN: 0895562X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007844628920     Document Type: Article

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