A generalisation of the Farrell cost efficiency measure applicable to non-fully competitive settings

Omega

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 147-162

  Camanho, A S ^a   Dyson, R G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adjustable prices; Cost efficiency; Data envelopment analysis

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DECISION MAKING; EFFICIENCY;

ADJUSTABLE PRICE; BANK BRANCHES; COST-EFFICIENCY; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS MODELS; DECISION MAKING UNIT; EFFICIENCY EVALUATION; EFFICIENCY MEASURE; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; GENERALISATION; MEASUREMENT METHODS;

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS;

EID: 34247231411     PISSN: 03050483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.omega.2005.12.004     Document Type: Article

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