Investigating economic efficiency in Italy: A regional comparison

International Journal of Revenue Management

Volumn 6, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 175-198

  Brida, Juan Gabriel ^a   Deidda, Manuela ^b   Pulina, Manuela ^c  

^a FREE UNIVERSITY OF BOLZANO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Economic efficiency; Firms size; Panel data envelopment analysis; Regional analysis; Revenue management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869778290     PISSN: 14747332     EISSN: 17418186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJRM.2012.050383     Document Type: Article

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