Using DEA and VEA to evaluate quality of life in the mid-Atlantic states

Agricultural and Resource Economics Review

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 185-203

  Marshall, Elizabeth ^a   Shortle, James ^b  

^a WORLD RESOURCES INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Data envelopment analysis; Quality of life; Value efficiency analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 28844448734     PISSN: 10682805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1068280500008352     Document Type: Article

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