A study on the persistence of Farrell's efficiency measure under a dynamic framework

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 180, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1302-1316

  Wang, Mei Hui ^a   Huang, Tai Hsin ^b  

^a TAMKANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENGCHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Data envelopment analysis; Efficiency persistence; GMM procedure; Markov model; Quasi fixed inputs

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; ECONOMICS; MARKOV PROCESSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; EFFICIENCY PERSISTENCE; GMM PROCEDURE; QUASI FIXED INPUTS;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 33847059616     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2006.04.043     Document Type: Article

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