Calculation of scale elasticities in DEA models: Direct and indirect approaches

Journal of Productivity Analysis

Volumn 28, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 45-56

  Førsund, Finn R ^a   Hjalmarsson, Lennart ^b   Krivonozhko, Vladimir E ^c   Utkin, Oleg B ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c INSTITUTE FOR SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Russian Federation)

^d Global S Consulting Company   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

DEA; Farrell efficiency measures; Parametric optimisation algorithms; Scale elasticity

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548557467     PISSN: 0895562X     EISSN: 15730441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11123-007-0047-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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