Museum assessment and FDH technology: Towards a global approach

Journal of Cultural Economics

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 261-286

  Mairesse, François ^a   Eeckaut, Philippe Vanden ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

FDH; Scale efficiency; Technical efficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 26844521931     PISSN: 08852545     EISSN: 15736997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1019970325060     Document Type: Article

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