Regional efficiency improvement by means of data envelopment analysis through Euclidean distance minimization including fixed input factors: An application to tourist regions in Italy

Papers in Regional Science

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 67-89

  Suzuki, Soushi ^a   Nijkamp, Peter ^b   Rietveld, Piet ^b  

^a HOKKAI GAKUEN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA); Efficiency improving projection; Euclidean Distance Minimization (EDM); Multiple Objective Quadratic Programming (MOQP); Tourist efficiency

Indexed keywords

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; DATA SET; MODELING; REGIONAL PLANNING; TOURIST DESTINATION;

ITALY;

EID: 79952163580     PISSN: 10568190     EISSN: 14355957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1435-5957.2010.00316.x     Document Type: Article

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