Technical efficiency bias caused by intra-input aggregation in data envelopment analysis

Applied Economics Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 13, 2005, Pages 785-788

  Barnum, Darold ^a   Gleason, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS;

EID: 29244491963     PISSN: 13504851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504850500365624     Document Type: Article

References (6)

1. Barnum, DT and Gleason, JM.(2004a). Biases in technical efficiency scores resulting from the aggregation of allocable inputs in data envelopment analysis. 2004a. Under review for publication (11/01/2004), www.uic.edu/~dbarnum/Barnum&Gleason13Jan2004.pdf using password PaperOne.
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