How to measure the impact of environmental factors in a nonparametric production model

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 223, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 818-833

  Badin, Luiza ^a,b   Daraio, Cinzia ^c   Simar, Léopold ^d  

^a BUCHAREST UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMIC STUDIES   (Romania)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICAL STATISTICS AND APPLIED MATHEMATICS   (Romania)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Conditional efficiency measures; Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA); Free Disposal Hull (FDH); Managerial efficiency; Nonparametric frontiers; Two stage efficiency analysis

Indexed keywords

ATTAINABLE SET; BANKING INDUSTRY; CONDITIONAL MEASURES; CONDITIONAL ORDERS; DATA SETS; DECISION MAKING UNIT; EFFICIENCY ANALYSIS; EFFICIENCY MEASURE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; EXOGENOUS FACTORS; FREE DISPOSAL HULLS; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; MAIN EFFECT; NON-PARAMETRIC; NONPARAMETRIC FRONTIER; POLICY MAKERS; PRODUCTION MODELS; PRODUCTION PROCESS; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY; TWO-COMPONENT; TWO-STAGE ANALYSIS;

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; EFFICIENCY; FACTOR ANALYSIS; MANAGERS; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

EID: 84866399435     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2012.06.028     Document Type: Article

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