Explaining country's efficiency performance

Economic Modelling

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 224-235

  Christopoulos, Dimitris K ^a  

^a PANTEION UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Data envelopment analysis (DEA); Efficiency; Human capital; Openness

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846447399     PISSN: 02649993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econmod.2006.07.002     Document Type: Article

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