Statistical inference for aggregates of farrell-type efficiencies

Journal of Applied Econometrics

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1367-1394

  Simar, Léopold ^a   Zelenyuk, Valentin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b Kyiv School of Economics Ukraine   (Ukraine)

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EID: 38549103691     PISSN: 08837252     EISSN: 10991255     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jae.991     Document Type: Conference Paper

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