Returns-to-scale properties in DEA models: The fundamental role of interior points

Journal of Productivity Analysis

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 121-130

  Krivonozhko, Vladimir E ^a   Førsund, Finn R ^b   Lychev, Andrey V ^c  

^a INSTITUTE FOR SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY MISIS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

DEA; Interior points; Returns to scale; Vertices

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865822099     PISSN: 0895562X     EISSN: 15730441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11123-011-0253-z     Document Type: Article

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