Estimating Effectiveness of the Control of Violence and Socioeconomic Development in Colombia: An Application of Dynamic Data Envelopment Analysis and Data Panel Approach

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 343-366

  Cotte Poveda, Alexander ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA SALLE   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Colombian departments; Control of violence; Data envelopment analysis; Economic development; Effectiveness

Indexed keywords

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ESTIMATION METHOD; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INCENTIVE; PANEL DATA; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; VIOLENCE;

COLOMBIA;

EID: 84855325105     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-010-9772-7     Document Type: Article

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