Efficiency measurement and regulation in US telecommunications: A robustness analysis

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 205-218

  Resende, Marcelo ^a,b  

^a Department of Economics ^*  (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Benchmarking; Consistency; Efficiency measurement

Indexed keywords

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS;

EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; STOCHASTIC FRONTIER FRAMEWORK;

TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES;

EID: 45049086866     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2008.01.007     Document Type: Article

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