A Monte Carlo evaluation of several tests for the selection of variables in DEA models

International Journal of Information Technology and Decision Making

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 325-343

  Sirvent, Imaculada ^a   Ruiz, José L ^a   Borrás, Fernando ^a   Pastors, Jesús T ^a  

^a MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Data envelopment analysis; Model specification; Monte Carlo simulations; Nonparametric statistics

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746185643     PISSN: 02196220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0219622005001581     Document Type: Article

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