Data envelopment analysis and Malmquist indices for measuring group performance

Journal of Productivity Analysis

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 35-49

  Camanho, A S ^a   Dyson, R G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Banking; Data envelopment analysis; Malmquist index; Program efficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747091373     PISSN: 0895562X     EISSN: 15730441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11123-006-0004-8     Document Type: Article

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