Return to dollar, generalized distance function and the fisher productivity index

Spanish Economic Review

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 113-138

  Zofío, José L ^a   Prieto, Angel M ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fisher and Malmquist productivity indexes; Generalized distance function; Return to dollar

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745440493     PISSN: 14355469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10108-006-9004-0     Document Type: Review

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