Alternative efficiency measures for multiple-output production

Journal of Econometrics

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 411-444

  Fernández, Carmen ^a   Koop, Gary ^b   Steel, Mark F J ^c  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Banking; Bayesian inference; Dairy farms; Pollution; Productivity; Separability

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COSTS; DATA REDUCTION; ESTIMATION; FARMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PUBLIC POLICY;

BANKING; BAYESIAN INFERENCE; DAIRY FARMS; SEPARABILITY;

PRODUCTION ENGINEERING;

AIR POLLUTION; ANIMALS; COSTS; ESTIMATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING;

EID: 14844316011     PISSN: 03044076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeconom.2004.05.008     Document Type: Article

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