A note on decomposing the Malmquist productivity index by means of subvector homotheticity

Economic Theory

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 239-245

  Färe, Rolf ^a   Førsund, Finn R ^b   Grosskopf, Shawna ^a   Hayes, Kathy ^c   Heshmati, Almas ^d  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Decomposition; Malmquist productivity; Subvector homotheticity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035624805     PISSN: 09382259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00004101     Document Type: Article

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