Nonparametric efficiency analysis under price uncertainty: A first-order stochastic dominance approach

Journal of Productivity Analysis

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 183-200

  Kuosmanen, Timo ^a   Post, Thierry ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Data envelopment analysis; Electricity distribution sector; Nonparametric efficiency analysis; Performance evaluation under uncertainty; Stochastic dominance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036286051     PISSN: 0895562X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1015037719942     Document Type: Article

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