Measuring Malmquist productivity index: A new approach based on double frontiers data envelopment analysis

Mathematical and Computer Modelling

Volumn 54, Issue 11-12, 2011, Pages 2760-2771

  Wang, Ying Ming ^a   Lan, Yi Xin ^a  

^a FUZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese industrial economy; Data envelopment analysis; Double frontiers data envelopment analysis; Malmquist productivity index; Productivity analysis

Indexed keywords

CHINESE INDUSTRIAL ECONOMY; DATA ENVELOPMENT; DECISION MAKING UNIT; MALMQUIST PRODUCTIVITY INDEX; NUMERICAL EXAMPLE; PRODUCTIVITY ANALYSIS; PRODUCTIVITY CHANGES;

DECISION MAKING; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PRODUCTIVITY;

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS;

EID: 80052627970     PISSN: 08957177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mcm.2011.06.064     Document Type: Article

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