The Effect of Sample Size on the Mean Efficiency in DEA: Comment

Journal of Productivity Analysis

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 129-137

  Staat, Matthias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Data envelopment analysis; Non discretionary variables; Sample size bias

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042882682     PISSN: 0895562X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007826405826     Document Type: Article

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