Testing differences in efficiency of regions within a country: The case of Ukraine

Journal of Productivity Analysis

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 81-102

  Demchuk, Pavlo ^a   Zelenyuk, Valentin ^b  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Kyiv School of Economics Ukraine   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

Bootstrap; DEA; Efficiency convergence; Regional performance; Ukraine

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349496253     PISSN: 0895562X     EISSN: 15730441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11123-009-0136-8     Document Type: Article

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