Measuring efficiency with a linear economic model

Applied Economics

Volumn 35, Issue 13, 2003, Pages 1459-1467

  Womer, Norma Keith ^a   Shroff, Homeé F E ^b   Gulledge, Thomas R ^c   Haynes, Kingsley E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b Department of Law City of Chicago ^*  (United States)

^c GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; LOCATION DECISION; SITE SELECTION;

EID: 0142156018     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0003684032000090636     Document Type: Article

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