A new malmquist productivity index based on semi-discretionary variables with an application to commercial banks of China

International Journal of Information Technology and Decision Making

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 713-730

  Bi, Gong Bing ^a   Ding, Jing Jing ^a   Luo, Yan ^a   Liang, Liang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

data envelopment analysis (DEA); efficiency; Malmquist productivity index; semi discretionary variables

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960140763     PISSN: 02196220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0219622011004531     Document Type: Article

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