The opportunity cost of duality

Journal of Productivity Analysis

Volumn 7, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 213-224

  Fare, Rolf ^a   Primont, Daniel ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Duality; Opportunity cost; Stochastic frontier

Indexed keywords

EID: 21344463110     PISSN: 0895562X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf00157042     Document Type: Article

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