α-Returns to scale and multi-output production technologies

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 197, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 332-339

  Boussemart, Jean Philippe ^a   Briec, Walter ^b   Peypoch, Nicolas ^b   Tavéra, Christophe ^c  

^a IESEG SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (France)

^b LAMPS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

D24; Distance function; Malmquist index; Productivity growth; Returns to scale

Indexed keywords

FOURIER TRANSFORMS; FUNCTIONS; GROWTH (MATERIALS); MANAGEMENT SCIENCE; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; TECHNOLOGY;

D24; DISTANCE FUNCTION; MALMQUIST INDEX; PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH; RETURNS TO SCALE;

PRODUCTIVITY;

EID: 59849104753     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2008.05.028     Document Type: Article

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