Properties of inefficiency indexes on 〈input, output〉 space

Journal of Productivity Analysis

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 143-156

  Russell, R Robert ^a,b   Schworm, William ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Technical efficiency axioms; Technical efficiency indexes

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052377894     PISSN: 0895562X     EISSN: 15730441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11123-011-0209-3     Document Type: Article

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