Allocative efficiency of rural water supply - A globally flexible SGM cost frontier

Journal of Productivity Analysis

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 31-40

  Sauer, Johannes ^a   Frohberg, Klaus ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Functional form; Input specific allocative efficiency; Rural water supply; Symmetric generalized McFadden

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846954408     PISSN: 0895562X     EISSN: 15730441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11123-006-0024-4     Document Type: Article

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