Aggregation of Efficiency Indices

Journal of Productivity Analysis

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 5-20

  Blackorby, Charles ^b   Russell, R Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Aggregation; Technical efficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041577340     PISSN: 0895562X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007848122559     Document Type: Article

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