Total factor productivity, efficiency, and technological change in the European regions: A nonparametric approach

Environment and Planning A

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1152-1170

  Ezcurra, Roberto ^a   Iraizoz, Belen ^a   Pascual, Pedro ^a  

^a PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; EUROPEAN UNION; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE; TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY;

EID: 66249120706     PISSN: 0308518X     EISSN: 14723409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/a40362     Document Type: Article

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