Technical and economic efficiency measures under short run profit maximizing behavior

Recherches Economiques de Louvain

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 163-173

  Cherchye, Laurens ^a   Kuosmanen, Timo ^b,c   Leleu, Hervé ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c HELSINKI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

^d IESEG SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (France)

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EID: 77955563301     PISSN: 07704518     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3917/rel.762.0163     Document Type: Article

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