Note on joint estimation of scale economies and productivity growth parameters

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 37-43

  Tsionas, Efthymios G ^a   Loizides, John ^b  

^a Competitiveness and Shipping   (Greece)

^b ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROCESS ENGINEERING; PRODUCTIVITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

DUALITY; ECONOMETRIC ESTIMATION;

PRODUCTION CONTROL;

EID: 0035283559     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-5273(00)00041-4     Document Type: Article

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