Weak disposability in nonparametric production analysis: Reply to färe and grosskopf

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 539-545

  Kuosmanen, Timo ^a   Podinovski, Victor ^b  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Activity analysis; Data envelopment analysis (DEA); Environmental performance analysis; Nonparametric productivity analysis; Pollution abatement; Production theory; Undesirable outputs

Indexed keywords

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; MODEL; MODELING; PARAMETERIZATION; PRODUCTIVITY; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 60649119880     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: 14678276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8276.2008.01238.x     Document Type: Article

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