Nonparametric Dynamic Production Analysis and the Theory of Cost

Journal of Productivity Analysis

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 5-32

  Silva, Elvira ^a   Stefanou, Spiro E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic cost approach; Nonparametric production analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037220929     PISSN: 0895562X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021865018717     Document Type: Article

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