On the inconsistency of the Malmquist-Luenberger index

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 229, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 738-742

  Aparicio, Juan ^a   Pastor, Jesus T ^a   Zofio, Jose L ^b  

^a MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Analysis; Data; Directional distance function; Efficiency change; Envelopment; Malmquist Luenberger productivity index; Technological change

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS; DATA; DIRECTIONAL DISTANCE FUNCTION; ENVELOPMENT; MALMQUIST-LUENBERGER PRODUCTIVITY INDICES; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 84877693302     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2013.03.031     Document Type: Article

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