Comparison of economic efficiency estimation methods: Parametric and non-parametric techniques

Manchester School

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 682-709

  Huang, Tai Hsin ^a   Wang, Mei Hui ^a  

^a TAMKANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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EID: 0038890023     PISSN: 14636786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9957.00320     Document Type: Article

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