Scale Efficiency and Productivity Change

Journal of Productivity Analysis

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 159-183

  Balk, Bert M ^a  

^a Statistics Netherlands ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Productivity change; Scale efficiency (change)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035629205     PISSN: 0895562X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1011117324278     Document Type: Article

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