Shadow pricing of undesirable outputs in nonparametric analysis

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 231, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 474-480

  Leleu, Hervé ^a  

^a International School of Management   (France)

Author keywords

Data Envelopment Analysis; Shadow prices; Undesirable outputs; Weak disposability

Indexed keywords

LAW OF ONE PRICES; NON-PARAMETRIC ANALYSIS; PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY; RETURNS TO SCALE; SHADOW PRICE; TRANSFORMATION FUNCTIONS; UNDESIRABLE OUTPUTS; WEAK DISPOSABILITIES;

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS;

ECONOMICS;

EID: 84880572055     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2013.05.028     Document Type: Article

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